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Category Archives: 1600-1699

Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid…

Posted byMarek10 January, 201710 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, corn, cows, death, fish, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1697, abenaki, corn, cotton mather, cows, fish, Hannah Dustin, hannah dustonLeave a comment on Frontier Quarrels

Hannah Dustin in the Snow

A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre…

Posted byMarek5 December, 201610 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:Hannah Dustin, highway, history, markers, Penacook, truth2 Comments on Hannah Dustin in the Snow

Hannah Dustin (1697)

“Famous example of frontier heroism.” (sic)

Posted byMarek4 December, 201610 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, death, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1697, abenaki, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston, haverhill, Massachusetts, massacre, raid2 Comments on Hannah Dustin (1697)

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)

Journal of Martin Pring (cover + intro)

1603: Here’s a color cover image of Pring’s young guiternist…

Posted byMarek13 January, 20135 February, 2017Posted in1600s, encounter & exploration, Journal of Martin Pring, music & dance, posters, seacoastTags:martin pring, musicLeave a comment on Journal of Martin Pring (cover + intro)

Pring 16 ~ “Wee did behold to burne”

1603: The crew of Martin Pring’s last ship watch the New England coast go up in flames…

Posted byMarek29 December, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, encounter & exploration, Journal of Martin Pring, seacoastTags:martin pringLeave a comment on Pring 16 ~ “Wee did behold to burne”

Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)

Here’s one from the COMICS WORKSHOP archives — an old mini-comic by Emma (grade 4) starring the only NH woman ever to be convicted of witchcraft:

Posted byMarek23 December, 2012Posted in1600-1699, colonial, cows, death, guest artist, Hampton, seacoast, witchesTags:Goody Cole, HamptonLeave a comment on Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)

Pring 15 ~ Final Fire

1603: The dogs save the fort, communications break down, and the expedition heads for home in this EXCITING CONCLUSION of Martin Pring’s Journal!

Posted byMarek18 December, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, dogs, encounter & exploration, forestry, Journal of Martin Pring, seacoastTags:martin pring1 Comment on Pring 15 ~ Final Fire

Pring 14 ~ Two Shots

Pring’s last ship fires the first warning shots of a coming conflict …

Posted byMarek8 December, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, dogs, encounter & exploration, Journal of Martin Pring, seacoastTags:PringLeave a comment on Pring 14 ~ Two Shots

Pring 13 ~ Sassafras Harvest

Things go quickly awry when Pring’s men exhaust the local supply of sassafras…

Posted byMarek3 December, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, encounter & exploration, harvest, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, seacoastTags:PringLeave a comment on Pring 13 ~ Sassafras Harvest

Pring 12 ~ As The Land is Full

Wherein we can perhaps glimpse the little gold “crownes” in Pring’s eyes as he ogles the natives’ pelts …

Posted byMarek17 November, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, animals, bear, berries, deer, dogs, encounter & exploration, fish, forestry, fox, herbs, hunting, Journal of Martin Pring, medicine, porcupine, seacoastLeave a comment on Pring 12 ~ As The Land is Full

Pring 11 ~ Sassafras Forest

Pring notes some of the many potential applications of the New England forests …

Posted byMarek16 November, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, berries, encounter & exploration, forestry, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, medicine, seacoast1 Comment on Pring 11 ~ Sassafras Forest

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