The panel presentation will discuss the discovery of personal papers belonging to Meshech Weare (1713-1786), the first governor (president) of New Hampshire. The panel will consist of student editors for the Meshech Weare Papers project and the senior editor Brian Burford, retired NH State Archivist. The discovery is significant because only a handful of personal documents exists attributed to Weare. The student editors will also discuss their transcription and editorial work in making the papers of Meshech Weare available to researchers and the public.
