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Primus Fowle Epitaph
SEACOST POETRY

It may be among the least respectful epitaphs in American history, and yet there is a tenderness of feeling. It focuses mostly on the drinking habits of the elderly, crippled printer. Yet slaves rarely received poems published in their honor in the local newspaper. In this case, Primus Fowle had printed the local newspaper by hand for decades – and was due this small tribute.


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Epitaph on the Death of Primus Fowle
By Anonymous (1791)

UNDER these clods, old Primus lies
At rest and free from noise,
No longer seen by mortal eyes
Or girev’d d by roughish boys,
The cheerful dram he lov’d ‘tis true
Which hastened on his end,
But some in paved-street well knew
He was a hearty friend,
And did possess a grateful mind
Though oft borne down with pain
Yet where he found a neighbour kind
He surely went again
Too often did the mirth of some
His innocence betray,
By giving larger draughts of rum
Than he could swill away,
But now he’s dead, we sure may say
Of him, as of all men,
That while in silent graves they lay
They’l not by plagu’d ‘again.


OBITUARY OF PRIMUS FOWLE
From the NH Gazette, May 19th, 1791

In this town, Primus, a Negro, late the property of Daniel Fowle, Esquire, deceased - his funeral will be tomorrow at six o'clock, P.M. from the dwelling house of the printer hereof, where his acquaintances may attend and pay the funeral obsequies.

Epitaph 1791

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Sea Dogs: Celebrating 15 Years
May 13, 2008
PORTLAND -- Charlie Eshbach, President/General Manager, Portland Sea Dogs, will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Sea Dogs with the publication of a new history of the team, “The Portland Sea Dogs: Images of Baseball.” FREE

LIVESTRONG Day
May 13, 2008
EXETER -- Wear yellow. Honor and support people affected by cancer in our community. Enjoy a new exhibition of art by cancer survivors. Learn about the Lance Armstrong Foundation's programs to unite people to fight cancer, and meet a member of the LAF s...

Be a Herbal Apprentice Course
May 14, 2008
CANTERBURY -- Fee: $175, members $160 Drive away the winter blues by delving into herbology. This course provides hands on experiences, making tinctures, soaps and herbal salts, for example, to connect you with the early spring. We will also concentrat...

American Independence Museum's Opening Day
May 14, 2008
The American Independence Museum opens for the season in Historic Exeter, New Hampshire. Museum hours are 10am to 4pm, with the last tours at 3:30pm.

Veggie Teens and Raw Food
May 14, 2008
EXETER -- Raise Your Vibe Wednesdays at Blue Moon. Blue Moon Natural Foods, 8 Clifford Street, Exeter, sees this spring as an opportunity to explore what each of us can do to make healthful choices for people and the planet. Some of these solutions com...

Writer Louise Erdrich
May 14, 2008
PORTSMOUTH -- One of the most gifted, prolific and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists, Award-winning novelist Louise Erdrich will be a part of our Writers on a New England Stage series on May 14. Her new original novel The Plague of D...

Lighthouse Buffet Dinner
May 16, 2008
The main event this evening will be the American Lighthouse Foundation's first “Lighthouse Trivia Challenge.” This will be a Jeopardy-style competition, complete with buzzers and sound effects. The winners of the early games will compete in a final roun...

Meteors, Meteorites and Comets
May 16, 2008
CONCORD -- Planetarium Educator Bob Veilleux will explain why you can collect meteorites - but not meteors or comets. Learn about these fascinating solar system interlopers, where they come from, how you can see them, and how they are related. See and...

Mother Courage
May 16 - 17, 2008
Our mainstage season wraps up in May with the Senior Youth Repertory Company production of Bertolt Brecht’s epic masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children. Through Brecht’s stark vision, the play relentlessly questions the distinctions between war, bu...

Books & Blooms Sale
May 17, 2008
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