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Category Archives: sabbath

Musical Family

Decades later, townsfolk fondly remembered one voice in the local church choir…

Posted byMarek9 December, 20154 January, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Mont Vernon, music & dance, religion, sabbathTags:Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Mont Vernon, Polly Leavitt Hutchinson, Sarah LeavittLeave a comment on Musical Family

“No Doing Things on a Sunday” (Peterborough, 1700s) (GUEST POST)

Peterborough resident Daniel portrays the strict sabbath laws of the town’s early settlers, as related in Kinscella’s Chronicles of Peterborough: NEXT: One practical joke from 1754 >>

Posted byMarek26 August, 201527 August, 2015Posted in1700-1799, guest artist, Peterborough, sabbathTags:church, Peterborough, sabbath, sunday, swears1 Comment on “No Doing Things on a Sunday” (Peterborough, 1700s) (GUEST POST)

Colby 95: Sunday

A sabbath (of sorts) in camp:

Posted byMarek18 December, 201419 December, 2014Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, death, NH history, religion, sabbath, SOURCE=HHSTags:chaplain, civil war, Freeman Colby, sunday, washingtonLeave a comment on Colby 95: Sunday

Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

Posted byMarek27 January, 201330 January, 2013Posted in1600-1699, 1800-1899, chicken, colonial, eagle+hawk, hunting, judicial branch, Massachusetts, sabbath, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:Edward Gove, hawk, hunting, Josiah Gove, sabbath, weareLeave a comment on Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

Even religious law can have loopholes…

Posted byMarek9 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted in1760s, colonial, firewood, religion, sabbath, WeareTags:Levi Hovey, Samuel Hovey, Simeon Hovey, weareLeave a comment on Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)

Mr. Peabody just wants to drive his oxen from Maine to his new home in Henniker, NH…

Posted byMarek4 November, 20129 December, 2012Posted in1780s, animals, cows, Henniker, Hopkinton, Maine, religion, sabbath1 Comment on Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)

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