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35-485: The Port Folio was first co-published in 1801 by Joseph Dennie and Asbury Dickins . Dickins dropped as co-publisher, and Dennie remained the editor from 1802 to 1812. Dennie wrote under the pen name of Oliver Oldschool. Many other contributors to the magazine wrote under pseudonyms, including members of the Federalist Party . Paul Allen (February 15, 1775 – August 18, 1826), a graduate of Brown University ,

70-814: A reader for the Episcopalian church in Charlestown , New Hampshire . Nevertheless, he insisted that this new vocation would not deter him from his goal of practicing law, though by then he was planning on remaining in New Hampshire to practice rather than returning to Massachusetts. Shortly after writing the letter, Dennie was admitted to the Court of Common Pleas and opened a practice in Charlestown. However, he rarely appeared in open court ; indeed, he probably made only one appearance. Throughout

105-661: A historical site, where military reenactments and musters occur frequently throughout the summer months. Tours are offered of its stockaded parade ground and pioneer-style houses. Charlestown is located along the Connecticut River , the western border of New Hampshire. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 38.0 square miles (98.5 km ), of which 35.8 sq mi (92.6 km ) are land and 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km ) are water, comprising 5.98% of

140-422: A literary journal was a novel idea at the time, and it was well-received among the city's elite. Despite the initial excitement surrounding the project and content from noted writers such as John Sylvester John Gardiner , The Tablet lasted only a few months before folding, having published thirteen issues. Dennie's disappointment over the failure of The Tablet inspired him to begin work on The Lay Preacher ,

175-440: A predilection for wine. His father (who had battled mental illness ) died on September 28, 1811; Dennie was not able to attend his father's funeral, as he himself was gravely ill at the time, and this caused him great grief. He briefly recovered, but succumbed to cholera morbus four months after his father's death. Dennie died on January 7, 1812, and was interred two days later at St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia . His epitaph

210-549: A scathing attack on Jeffersonian democracy , for which he was brought up on charges of seditious libel . Dennie wrote, in part: A democracy is scarcely tolerable at any period of national history. Its omens are always sinister, and its powers are unpropitious. It is on its trial here, and the issue will be civil war, desolation, and anarchy. No wise man but discerns its imperfections, no good man but shudders at its miseries, no honest man but proclaims its fraud, and no brave man but draws his sword against its force. The institution of

245-573: A scheme of policy so radically contemptible and vicious is a memorable example of what the villany of some men can devise, the folly of others receive, and both establish in spite of reason, reflection, and sensation. This paragraph was reprinted in Federalist newspapers throughout the country. While Dennie was acquitted, the severity of the attacks leveled in Port Folio would henceforth be lessened. However, when Dennie criticized democracy, it

280-594: Is best remembered for his series of essays entitled The Lay Preacher and as the founding editor of The Port Folio , a journal espousing classical republican values. Port Folio was the most highly regarded and successful literary publication of its time, and the first important political and literary journal in the United States. Timothy Dwight IV once referred to Dennie as "the Addison of America" and "the father of American Belles-Lettres ." Dennie

315-503: The Alien and Sedition Acts . Dennie collaborated often with his friend Royall Tyler ; the two wrote a satirical column by the name of "The Shop of Messrs. Colon and Spondee" which appeared in the Museum . In 1798 Dennie lost a considerable amount of money when the paper's printer went bankrupt . He remained as editor for a few months afterward at a reduced salary but was soon replaced by

350-788: The Italianate Town Hall designed in 1872 by Edward Dow, New Hampshire's most prominent architect after the Civil War . Dow also designed Thompson Hall, the centerpiece of the University of New Hampshire . In 1874, the Sullivan Railroad passed through the western side of Charlestown. The tracks are now part of the New England Central Railroad . A reproduction of the Fort at Number 4 is now

385-511: The New Hampshire State Police . As of the census of 2010, there were 5,114 people, 2,117 households, and 1,399 families residing in the town. There were 2,263 housing units, of which 146, or 6.5%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 97.8% white , 0.4% African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.4% Asian , 0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.1% some other race, and 1.0% from two or more races. 0.8% of

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420-568: The 1790s Dennie contributed to various journals, including the Federal Orrery and the Massachusetts Magazine , often using pen names such as Academicus and Socialis. In 1795, his writing being enthusiastically received, Dennie was persuaded to begin a literary journal, The Tablet . William Spotswood, a Boston printer and bookseller, agreed to oversee the entire enterprise, splitting the profits evenly with Dennie. Such

455-508: The 2010 census. The town is home to Hubbard State Forest and the headquarters of the Student Conservation Association . The primary village in town, where 1,078 people resided at the 2020 census , is defined as the Charlestown census-designated place (CDP) and is located along New Hampshire Route 12 . The town also includes the villages of North Charlestown, South Charlestown and Hemlock Center. The area

490-749: The New Hampshire government. Returning at the insistence of George Washington , it was incorporated in 1783. The community developed into a center for law and lawyers, second regionally only to Boston. Its prosperity would be expressed in fine architecture. Sixty-three buildings on Charlestown's Main Street are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places . They include the Gothic Revival South Parish Church erected by master-builder Stephen Hassam in 1842, St. Luke's Church designed by Richard Upjohn in 1863, and

525-453: The age of seven, Dennie returned to Boston in 1783 to study bookkeeping and later clerk in a counting house . He began preparing to enter Harvard College in 1785, under the guidance of Reverend Samuel West. West had a significant impact on Dennie, fostering his pupil's interest in literature, as well as instilling in Dennie a decidedly pro-British mindset. In 1787 Dennie was admitted to

560-538: The center of Charlestown to the Cheshire Bridge (the old toll bridge) across the Connecticut River , after which it becomes Vermont Route 11 and provides access to Interstate 91 and U.S. Route 5 in Vermont. Bus service is available from Community Alliance Transport Services (CATS), with several buses a day connecting Charlestown and Claremont. The New England Central Railroad has track rights through

595-467: The cows. As they approached the barn, Natives hiding in the bushes opened fire, killing Putnam, "the first victim of [Native] vengeance". In 1747, during King George's War , the fort was besieged for three days by a force of French and Native people. Captain Phineas Stevens and 31 militia stationed at the fort repelled the attack, with their success becoming well-known. On July 2, 1753,

630-525: The first of which appeared in The Farmer's Weekly Museum , a New Hampshire newspaper which was the leading literary journal of the 1790s. After Dennie took over as editor of the paper in 1796, its circulation increased dramatically, stretching, as one commentator put it, "from Maine to Georgia ." Under Dennie's leadership the paper had a decidedly Federalist slant, supporting both the Quasi-War and

665-593: The largest, containing 10 acres (4.0 ha), was under high cultivation in 1874. The others contained about 6 acres (2.4 ha) each. None show on maps today, and were presumably inundated by the power dam built downstream at Bellows Falls. Charlestown is served by New Hampshire Routes 11 , 12 and 12A . Routes 11 and 12 lead north from the town center 11 miles (18 km) to downtown Claremont. Route 12 leads south 7 miles (11 km) to North Walpole , adjacent to Bellows Falls, Vermont , and 28 miles (45 km) to Keene, New Hampshire . Route 11 leads northwest from

700-700: The northwest. The nearest airport with scheduled airline service is Lebanon Municipal Airport , 33 miles (53 km) to the north in West Lebanon . Charlestown is served by a full-time police department and volunteer fire department. Charlestown's ambulance service is provided by Golden Cross Ambulance out of Claremont . The town's emergency services are dispatched by the Charlestown Police Department dispatch center and headed by Chief Patrick Connors. Charlestown falls within Troop C of

735-431: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 2,117 households, 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were headed by married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

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770-429: The printer's brother. The paper's circulation dropped precipitously following Dennie's departure. Later in the year Dennie ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress ; following this defeat, he turned down offers to edit several prominent journals, including a generous offer from Boston's Independent Chronicle , as he refused to work for a Democratic paper. Instead, he accepted an appointment from Timothy Pickering (at

805-527: The sophomore class of Harvard College, where he was very popular with his peers. This popularity did not extend to his tutors, and he was suspended in December 1789 for six months after insulting the faculty. Dennie had difficulty finding suitable employment after earning his degree in 1790, but by 1793 he was practicing law (though earning very little for his work). In a January 1794 letter to his parents, however, Dennie reports that he had been appointed as

840-514: The time United States Secretary of State ) to a position as Pickering's personal secretary. Once in Philadelphia , Dennie resumed his editorial career with the Gazette of the United States , a Federalist-friendly newspaper. In 1800 Dennie, along with Philadelphia bookseller Asbury Dickens, began work on the Port Folio . Under the pseudonym Oliver Oldschool, Esq., Dennie wrote, in 1803,

875-850: The town was rechartered as "Charlestown" by Governor Benning Wentworth , after Admiral Charles Knowles of the Royal Navy , then governor of Jamaica . Admiral Knowles, in port at Boston during the 1747 siege, sent Captain Stevens a sword to acknowledge his valor. The town responded by naming itself in his honor. Early in the morning of August 30, 1754, Susannah Willard Johnson along with her husband, her three children, her sister and two neighbors, Peter Labarree and Ebenezer Farnsworth, were captured by Abenaki people, marched to Montreal and incarcerated. Eventually they would all escape or be released and return home. In 1781, Charlestown briefly joined Vermont because of dissatisfaction with treatment by

910-551: The town. Amtrak 's Vermonter passenger rail line runs through Charlestown along the Connecticut River but does not stop in town. The closest stations are Bellows Falls to the south and Claremont to the north. The nearest general aviation airports are Claremont Municipal Airport , 10 miles (16 km) to the north, and Hartness State Airport in North Springfield, Vermont , 11 miles (18 km) to

945-566: The town. Charlestown is drained by several direct tributaries of the Connecticut River: Ox Brook, the Little Sugar River , Beaver Brook, Clay Brook, Dickerson Brook, and Jabes Meadow Brook. The highest point in town is Sams Hill, at 1,683 feet (513 m) above sea level in the southeast part of town. In the Connecticut River in the 1800s were three islands within the limits of the town. Sartwell's Island,

980-428: Was 2.38, and the average family size was 2.84. In the town, 20.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% were from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 32.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males. For the period 2011–2015, the estimated median annual income for

1015-459: Was already a literary contributor and patron, became editor but only until 1814. Charles Jared Ingersoll , a nonpracticing lawyer, was also a contributor and patron. From 1816 to 1827, the editor was John Elihu Hall . The paper had been floundering since Joseph Dennie died in 1812. John Hall, James Hall and Sarah Ewing Hall had all written works for The Port Folio under Dennie, and John Hall continued to rely heavily on James and Sarah while he

1050-495: Was born on August 30, 1768, in Boston , Province of Massachusetts Bay , to Joseph Dennie, a member of a well-to-do merchant family, and his wife Mary Green, whose father was Bartholomew Green, Jr. The Greens were a prominent printing family in colonial America ; the progenitor of the family, Samuel Green , emigrated from England with John Winthrop and was one of the first printers in the colonies. Having moved to Lexington at

1085-477: Was editor though John Neal was also a contributor early in that period. However, Hall was never able to resurrect the original reputation that the journal had, and it folded in 1827. Joseph Dennie Joseph Dennie (August 30, 1768 – January 7, 1812) was an American author and journalist who was one of the foremost men of letters of the Federalist Era . A Federalist , Dennie

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1120-518: Was first granted on December 31, 1735, by colonial governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts as "Plantation No. 4", the fourth in a line of townships on the Connecticut Rivers . Settled in 1740, it was the northernmost township, and its 1744 stockade now known as Fort at Number 4 became a strategic military site. On the evening of May 2, 1746, Seth Putnam joined Major Josiah Willard and several soldiers as they escorted women to milk

1155-492: Was hired about 1800 as an editor. In 1808, Dennie lost financial control to the publishers Bradford and Inskeep although he was kept on as editor at a salary. In 1809, the paper was re-organized as a monthly, and a new prospectus was issued that de-emphasized politics. In 1810, Dennie dropped the Oliver Oldschool pseudonym and wrote under his own name. Dennie died in 1812. After Dennie's death, Nicholas Biddle , who

1190-480: Was not the republican democracy found in the United States today, but rather the "democracy" found in France under Robespierre and Napoleon . Dennie was invoking Aristotle 's argument that "an absolute democracy is not to be reckoned among the legitimate forms of government. It is the corruption and degeneracy, and not the sound constitution of a republic." Dennie had health trouble throughout his life, as well as

1225-516: Was written by John Quincy Adams . The epitaph erroneously gives Lexington, Massachusetts , as his birthplace; in fact, Dennie was born in Boston, but his family moved to Lexington shortly thereafter. Charlestown, New Hampshire Charlestown is a town in Sullivan County , New Hampshire , United States. The population was 4,806 at the 2020 census, down from 5,114 at

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