Amos Hadley Explained

Amos Hadley (May 14, 1825 – May 1908)^[1] worked in the newspaper business, served as a state representative, was New Hampshire superintendent of public instruction, and founded the historical commission in Concord, New Hampshire, that published an official history of the city. He published a book on Walter Harriman. He served as a state representative from Bow, New Hampshire, in 1850 and 1851. He served as state superintendent of public education.^[2]

He graduated from Dartmouth College. He was in a society there.^[3]

He published a history of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, with two addresses before the Dunbarton Lyceum.^[4] In 1863 he was state printer.^{[5] [6]} In 1865 he published the Quartermaster General's report.^[7]

In 1903 he was one of the incorporators of the Historical Commission of Concord.^[8]

Work

• Life of Walter Harriman: with selections from his speeches and writings Houghton, Mifflin and Company (1888)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Dartmouth College Necrology, 1907-1908, Hanover, N.H. - Trans. by K. Mohler via http://genealogytrails.com/newham/merrimack/obits_dartmouthnecrology.html
2. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, His Wife, Who Settled in Bow in 1768; By One of Them, Concord, New Hampshire. Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895 via https://sites.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam/b495.html
3. Web site: Catalogue of the Fraternity of [Phi Beta Kappa], Alpha of New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hanover]. Phi Beta Kappa New Hampshire Alpha (Dartmouth. College). November 1, 1844. Google Books.
4. Web site: New Hampshire Historical Society - The literary hours of the laboring man; early history of Dunbarton : two addresses (with additions and emendations), before the Dunbarton Lyceum, October 18, 1844 and January 31, 1845 / by Amos Hadley. - The literary hours of the laboring man; early history of Dunbarton : two addresses (with additions and emendations), before the Dunbarton Lyceum, October 18, 1844 and January 31, 1845 / by Amos Hadley..
5. Book: Miller, Richard F.. States at War, Volume 1: A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War. November 5, 2013. UPNE. 9781611683776. Google Books.
6. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, at Their Session .... New Hampshire General Court House of. Representatives. New Hampshire General Court. Senate. October 31, 1865. Google Books.
7. Book: Miller, Richard F.. States at War, Volume 1: A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War. November 5, 2013. UPNE. 9781611683776. Google Books.
8. Web site: History of Concord, New Hampshire: From the Original Grant in Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-five to the Opening of the Twentieth Century. Concord (N H.) City History. Commission. James Otis. Lyford. October 31, 1896. Rumford Press. Google Books.
9. Web site: Hadley, Amos | The Online Books Page. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.