Marek 1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

“Almost an Accident”

Unsafe cannonades almost end in tragedy for guests at the Profile House...

Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 10: Right of Revolution.

"The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO..."

Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place

Free elections, not family dynasties!

Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.

Open, accessible government, for the people...

Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

State's rights, reserved for the people of NH...

Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, farms, forestry, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Pitch Pine

Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe ... << BEFORE: Candles from hogs ... NEXT >> SOURCE: As told in The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896): But at times even this luxury of candle light was denied us... [p.18-19] Especially this line on Asa's reaction to sudden amputation: Oh, … Continue reading Pitch Pine

Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don't celebrate any one religion's holidays

Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

A logical extension of freedom of conscience.

Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

Some rights you just can't give away.

Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY...

Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

Life, liberty, property, happiness... This article has it all.

Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

"All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT..."

Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, farms, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, pigs

Illumination

Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s...

Marek 1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH history

Colby & Bacon on a Night March

The officers, no doubt, feel a certain urgency ...

Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history, religion

Choirmaster Power Play

Brother Joshua makes his move ...

Marek 1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby at Muddy Branch

Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek ...

Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history

Empty Rooms

Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family's new home ...

Marek 1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, politics, religion

Resolved

Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house ...

Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, revolutionary era

Heirloom

Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake ...

Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, apples, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets

Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm ...  << BEFORE: Joshua's Job ... NEXT: Heirloom >> SOURCE: As told in The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896) p.8