Daniel Webster's N.H. farm to be preserved
SOURCE: AP (2-22-07)
CONCORD, N.H. -- The farm of orator and statesman Daniel Webster will be preserved under a deal announced Thursday after it had been slated to become a housing development.
The Trust for Public Land put together the $2.5 million deal with help from the state and federal governments, private donors and the state's public-private Land and Community Heritage Investment Program...
Webster was born in 1782 in Franklin, although not on the 141-acre farm on the Merrimack River. He was a congressman, senator, presidential candidate and secretary of state.
The Trust for Public Land put together the $2.5 million deal with help from the state and federal governments, private donors and the state's public-private Land and Community Heritage Investment Program...
Webster was born in 1782 in Franklin, although not on the 141-acre farm on the Merrimack River. He was a congressman, senator, presidential candidate and secretary of state.
Source:
AP
Source URL:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-brf-daniel-webster-farm,0,1884951.story
Date:
2-22-07
