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Category Archives: education

“NH is a strange state” by Adam Whittier (GUEST POST)

Guest artist Adam Whittier (Sunapee) asks some tough questions about his old NH home…

Posted byMarek5 November, 201312 November, 2013Posted in2000-2099, economics, education, food, guest artist, NH culture, NH history, Sunapee, tourismTags:Adam Whittier, education, food-temp, parasites, property, sunapee, taxes, tourismLeave a comment on “NH is a strange state” by Adam Whittier (GUEST POST)

Regulations (New Hampton Academy)

1835: Larkin Weed’s daily schedule at New Hampton Academy …

Posted byMarek1 November, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwichLeave a comment on Regulations (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 …

Posted byMarek26 October, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwichLeave a comment on Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)

“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…

Posted byMarek24 August, 201323 August, 2013Posted in1870s, 2000-2099, construction, education, guest artist, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCCTags:Bea Reel, bricks, development, Dialing EL-2, Keene, school, ScotlandLeave a comment on “More Than One Million Bricks” (GUEST POST)

Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

1835: Larkin describes his classes and hints at adventures to come …

Posted byMarek26 July, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, education, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwichLeave a comment on Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

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 …

Posted byMarek25 July, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, Larkin Weed, medicine, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, pudding, sandwichLeave a comment on JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time …

Posted byMarek24 April, 201323 April, 2014Posted in1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, NH history, Reference LinksTags:beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, south carolinaLeave a comment on Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins …

Posted byMarek22 April, 201327 March, 2014Posted in1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, libraries, NH historyTags:beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, readingLeave a comment on Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 3)

1861: Parents! Lay not the flattering unction! …

Posted byMarek21 February, 201320 February, 2013Posted in1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reportsTags:education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town report2 Comments on Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 3)

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

1861: In its official report, the Henniker School Committee proceeds to excoriate parents & dispense vocational advice:

Posted byMarek18 February, 201321 February, 2013Posted in1760s, 1860s, colonial, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reportsTags:education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town reportLeave a comment on Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

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!

Posted byMarek15 February, 201322 February, 2013Posted in1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reportsTags:education, Henniker, schools, town reportLeave a comment on Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 1)

The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (INTRO)

1861: Background info & links for Freeman’s diary …

Posted byMarek11 February, 201322 February, 2019Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, education, Henniker, posters, SOURCE=HHSTags:Civil War, Freeman Colby, Henniker, jonas bacon, schoolLeave a comment on The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (INTRO)

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