Hannah Davis - Amos Fortune
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N 42° 49.623 W 072° 03.271
18T E 740761 N 4745818
A sign noting two particularly interesting people in New Hampshire history - a freed slave and a woman, both successful entrepreneurs.
Waymark Code: WMP6Y
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Text of Marker:
Buried behind Jaffrey's colonial
Meeting House nearby are "Aunt"
Hannah Davis, 1784 to 1863, resourceful
and beloved spinster who made, trade-
marked, and sold this country's first
wooden bandboxes; and Amos Fortune,
1710 to 1801, African born slave who
purchased his freedom, established
a tannery and left funds for the
Jaffrey church and schools.

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Marker Name: Hannah Davis - Amos Fortune

Official Marker Number: 13

Marker Type: Official NH State

Marker Location: Jaffrey

Date Marker Established: 1963
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