New Ipswich Bicentennial Newsclippings

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Hazel E. Balch was the President of the new Ipswich Historical Society when the town celebrated its Bicentennial celebration in August 1950. She compiled an album of news clippings from several papers, including the New York Times. These are scans of that album.

Bicentennial Newsclippings
Location: New Ipswich, NH 03071, USA

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