"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 12/5/06 5:24 PM, in article
, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


...If only we knew of a good research librarian!

Troll!

I think we have to believe the author. As well as Google, I checked a
database of U.S. archive collections and the Dictionary of National
Biography, and found no entry for Whitcher.

I have requested a dictionary of New Hampshire place names from another
library and will report on what I find.

Completely unscholarly, but the AMC says Fishin' Jimmy was a real guy:

http://www.outdoors.org/recreation/t...th-kinsman.cfm

Nice work, Bill. Thanks.

You knew you'd get a rise out of that cast, didn'tcha?

I'm a pro.

Wolfgang