When Nancy Hodgdon was born on 19 February 1776, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Charles Hodgdon, was 46 and her mother, Hannah Nutter, was 42. She married John M Bickford on 11 April 1798, in Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Moultonborough, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States in 1850. She died on 15 September 1860, in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English: variant of Hodsdon .
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