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Portsmouth Compact

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In Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Compact, by which the settlers established a democratic government, is inscribed on a bronze and stone marker at Founder’s Brook. The settlement was incorporated as a town in 1640 and was probably renamed for Portsmouth, England; in that year it also entered into an…
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