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New Hampshire

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to New Hampshire. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial and provincial periods through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative rules, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, militia and manufacturing records (e.g., armsmaking and machine-tool industries), and oral histories tied to New Hampshire people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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Start date: 1850End date: 1899

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    A Municipal Register of the City of Concord 39 (1857)
    (1853)
    Prohibited the discharge of firearms in the city on the first day of the week
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    The Charter: With Its Amendments and the General Ordinances of the City of Dover 32 (1870)
    (1870)
    Ch. 252, § 5: Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, gun, pistol, or other fire-arm.
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    A Municipal Register of the City of Concord 74 (1868)
    (1868)
    No person shall discharge any gun or fire-arms within, on, or at, any bridge or building belonging to the city, or in any way damage the same, or any fence or other property belonging to the city, or write upon, cut out, or make any obscene image or representation
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    1891 N.H. Pub. Stat. 713
    (1883)
    Ch. 265, § 4: If any person shall have in his possession a toy pistol, toy revolver, or other toy firearms, for the explosion of percussion caps or blank cartridges, with intent to sell the same, or shall sell, or offer to sell or to give away the same, he shall be fined not more than fifty dollars
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    1856 N.H. Laws 1781-82
    (1856)
    Ch. 1870: Resolved that possession of Bowie-knives and revolvers was necessary for the right to freedom of speech, due to attacks on abolitionists in the South.
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    1867 N.H. Gen. Stat. 206
    (1854)
    Ch. 98, §§ 1-4: Provided the board of firewards the ability to regulate the import/export of Gunpowder. Also prohibited the storage of gunpowder in quantities exceeding 25 pounds
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    1891 N.H. Pub. Stat. 332
    (1891)
    Ch. 117, § 7: Regulated the sale of gunpowder less than twenty-five pounds and sales in the night with a fine of not more than five dollars.