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21 August, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 32: We Plodded Doggedly On

1862: The sun goes down & the miles drag on ...

8 August, 201326 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 31: Dusty Roads

1862: Troop movements along the Potomac ...

6 August, 20135 November, 2013 Marek 1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

A Scene Such as I Never Before Witnessed (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

1835: GUEST ARTIST "E.J.P." (of Sandwich, NH) details Larkin's adventure in a House of Death ...

3 August, 20135 November, 2013 Marek 1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)

1835: GUEST ARTIST draws the next episode in the education of Larkin Weed:

1 August, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, death, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, NH history, Reference Links

Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View

1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings ...

26 July, 20135 November, 2013 Marek 1830s, education, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

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

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

25 July, 20135 November, 2013 Marek 1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

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 ...

24 July, 201326 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 30: Night’s March!

1862: The orders go out: It's a night's march! ...

22 July, 201322 July, 2013 Marek 1850s, cats, guest artist, guns, hunting, Keene, NH history, rabbit

Mr. Wheelock Mistakes a Cat for a Rabbit (Keene)

Here's a double-header GUEST POST of a favorite hunting anecdote from Thomas C. Rand's "Sketch of Keene, Gem of the Ashuelot Valley"...

11 May, 2013 Marek 1860s, Contoocook Village, goose, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety, turkey

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh sends news about his family's Thanksgiving activities...

29 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, weather, White Mountains, William B. Swett

Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War...

24 April, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, NH history, Reference Links

Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

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

22 April, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, libraries, NH history

Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins ...

13 April, 201311 May, 2013 Marek 1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving... (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

11 April, 201312 April, 2013 Marek 1920s, Colebrook, Columbia, religion

NH’s Largest Comic Strip? (Columbia)

This comic takes the form of 16 stone panels stretching over an enormous wooded semi-circle... and the surprise ending will really rev you up!

9 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1800-1899, Colebrook, government, NH history

Such an Offer (Colebrook)

Class, pride, & democracy in the early days of a Northern NH community...

3 April, 20138 April, 2013 Marek "Live Free or Die", 2000-2099, death, Plymouth, White Mountains

I Saw You on I-93

Here's my apocalyptic morning meditation on mortality & traffic in the "Live Free or Die" state...

1 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1850s, Concord, Contoocook Village, guest artist, hiking, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH culture, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)

1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull... (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)

20 March, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, graves & memorials, horses, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)

1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield: