Guest artist Adam Whittier (Sunapee) asks some tough questions about his old NH home…
Category Archives: education
Regulations (New Hampton Academy)
1835: Larkin Weed’s daily schedule at New Hampton Academy …
Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)
1835: Larkin Weed writes home, in part to justify the expense boarding school at New Hampton …
“More Than One Million Bricks” (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Bea Reel uses her latest strip to detail the construction of the new high school in 1876…
Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)
1835: Larkin describes his classes and hints at adventures to come …
JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)
1835: Larkin Weed writes home to his sister Phebe at Sandwich, describing his experiences in a single day of classes …
Hawks 23: 300 Pupils
1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time …
Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School
1862: Roman poets among the ruins …
Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 3)
1861: Parents! Lay not the flattering unction! …
Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)
1861: In its official report, the Henniker School Committee proceeds to excoriate parents & dispense vocational advice:
Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 1)
1861: As the Civil War breaks wide open & Henniker issues its annual Town Report, the School Committee sounds an incendiary call to either FIX the schools, or DO AWAY with them altogether!
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (INTRO)
1861: Background info & links for Freeman’s diary …
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