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Old New Castle Congregational Church Records, 1827-1929 (original in safety deposit box Portsmouth Savings Bank. Placed in vault per order of Selectmen J. F. Hogdon and R. S. Frobisher at the request of Church Committee January 1965.)

Record Type: Library

2006.001.149 - Print, photographic

Workers are building the addition to the church on Main Street, New Castle.

Record Type: Photo

2006.001.151 - Print, photographic

Exterior view of the facade of the church after a snowstorm, New Castle.

Record Type: Photo

2006.001.587 - Documents

Includes church programs 1938-1940, newsletters, list of baptisms, list of founders of Congregational Society 1827, papers on the location of the previous church buildings, annual report 1996, several photographs, lists of memberships of various committees, notes and photocopies from early town and church records, other information. Includes Petition for Freedom of 1779 by 20 Africans in Portsmouth, census information on enslaved Africans in NH t...

Record Type: Archive

2006.001.851 - Print, photographic

New Castle Church. According to Elizabeth Grier Plumer's notes, the church was built between 1828 and 1835.

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2007.005.077 - Documents

Includes: 1. Receipt for Joseph Newmarch for mending chairs and "bottoming" chairs, signed by John Kendell (Randall), 1739 2. Fragment receipt for lodging?, ca. 1740 3. Vote concerning parish taxation, 1741

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2012.008 - Print, Photographic

A collection of old New Castle postcards on CD, labeled Ruthie Lanham Collection. This record contains 166 images of 83 postcards, front and back.

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2017.001.01 - Document

Mr. Neal's bill presented on Aug. 14, 1745 for work done in Meeting House. Work done by himself, Robert and John. Work included: platforms and ladders going up and out to the hall/ball, work on the balcony, a doorway in the gallery, flooring and moldings.

Record Type: Archive

2017.001.14 - Documents

Record Type: Archive

2017.001.16 - Documents

Notice for residents to choose selectmen and other officers and to designate the two back seats on the men's side (of the church presumably) for singing seats.

Record Type: Archive