Talk:Dover, New Hampshire

High School
After the note about the fosters survey on High Schools was removed, the "high school is the real point of pride for the town" stopped making sense. Somebody should remove it.

-C.C.Powers 64.222.153.52 07:28, 4 December 2005


 * Go for it. Be bold. --SheeEttin 15:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge Infobox City NH with Infobox City?
Please see the discussion here. harpchad 15:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

pxplsthx
Needs modern image of downtown/skyline. &mdash;M (talk • contribs) 02:26, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Also a Catholic high school
Hi. I am very new to editing, so please let me know if I am mistaken or doing anything wrong. I grew up in Dover and there is also a Catholic high school, so I thought it would be appropriate to add a sentence to the Education section. Something along the lines of "There is also a Catholic high school in Dover, St Thomas Aquinas, founded in 1960." Is this okay? ShayDC 22:10, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, Shay! We were all new at least once, so no problem :)
 * I might suggest rewording that a little - perhaps " High school students also attend St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Dover), founded in 1960, which is a Catholic high school. ". Just a suggestion... Happy editing! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  22:49, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Northam
I believe we should add the fact that for a short period of time Dover was named Northam... http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/cityof.htm. Fastandslow7 (talk) 15:29, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Richard Waldron/Walderne
Would it be appropriate to add Major Waldron's name to the list of notable inhabitants, given his substantial presence in early Colonial Dover history? 174.1.147.50 (talk) 02:13, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Definitely. If you could create an article for Waldron at the same time, that would be even better. --Ken Gallager (talk) 17:03, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Done! ThanksRWIR (talk) 05:40, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Modern Pictures?
Historical paintings are cool and all, but modern pictures would also be cool. There could be pictures of City Hall, Henry Law Park, Dover High School, things that show how Dover has changed and show what it looks like today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fastandslow7 (talk • contribs) 02:22, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

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Colonial history
Apparently Dover was part of Massachusetts from 1641 to 1680. The article mentions it was "sold to Massachusetts" but the return to New Hampshire and the circumstances surrounding that should probably be noted as well. -- Beland (talk) 19:13, 11 August 2018 (UTC)


 * While unable to answer Beland's specific question I believe there is another serious discrepancy in the Colonial History bit. It states "In 1623, William and Edward Hilton settled at Pomeroy Cove on Dover Point, ...". I think that date 1623 traces back to a discredited statement by Rev. William Hubbard. "Narrative and Critical History of America", Vol. 3, by Justin Winsor (1884) shows the date was circa 1627. Charles Deane (1876) also explains it very well in "Notes on a recently discovered indenture relating to David Thomson". He shows that 1623 was just not possible because William was elsewhere and Edward did not get his patent till much later. I'm hoping the page owner is monitoring this because I am not a historian and thus do not feel qualified start editing critical dates! DavidEllis2 (talk) 20:27, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Dover, New Hampshire
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Reference named "USCensusEst2019": From Worcester County, Massachusetts:  From Concord, New Hampshire:  

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 * Fixed. I used the New Hampshire cities (the Concord) ref. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:56, 22 May 2020 (UTC)