John P. Hale - Concord, NH
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YoSam.
N 43° 12.429 W 071° 32.257
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Considered the first Anti-Slavery U.S. Senator. Born in Rochester NH, buried in Dover, NH. Interesting fact of history, this friend and ally of Lincoln, Hale's daughter was engaged to John Wilkes Booth.
Waymark Code: WM41JJ
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2008
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Statue Presented to the State of New Hampshire by William E. Chandler.
Date of Statue: 1882.
County of Statue: Merrimack County.
Location of Statue: N. Main St. (US-202; NH-9) & Park St., courthouse lawn, Concord, NH.
Text on Base of Statue:
"The measure of my ambition will be full if when my wife and children shall repair to my grave to drop the tear of affection to my memory they may read on my tombstone, He who lies beneath surrendered office, place and power rather than bow down and worship slavery."