Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…
Category: 1700-1799
NH Constitution Article 10: Right of Revolution.
“The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO…”
NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place
Free elections, not family dynasties!
NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.
Open, accessible government, for the people…
NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.
State’s rights, reserved for the people of NH…
NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights
Life, liberty, property, happiness… This article has it all.
NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government
“All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT…”
Clean Living
The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:
Early Amusements (Peterborough, c.1750)
Some examples of “early amusements” from Smith’s History of Peterborough (1876):
First Clock in Town (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Chris depicts the arrival of new technology around 1765-1770, thanks to the efforts of Mrs. William Smith:
An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…
Fake Raid (Peterborough, 1754) (GUEST POST)
Peterborough resident Liam draws a practical joke from the French-Indian War era:
“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 … More
Upper Crust of Keene
Guest cartoonist Bea Reel drew this page from Griffin’s History of Keene, NH during our recent FAMILY COMICS WORKSHOP at Keene Public Library:
Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)
1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?
Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)
1861: In its official report, the Henniker School Committee proceeds to excoriate parents & dispense vocational advice:
Bear Ferry (Chesterfield)
A color splash page based on that old Chesterfield story, “Fishing for Bear”:
The Bear & Boorn’s Buttons (Richmond)
Just when you thought you’d heard every variation on these bear hunting stories… Jacob Bump to the rescue!
Mrs. Peters Shoots a Bear (Henniker)
GUN SAFETY IN THE 1770s: If you come to visit, DON’T take that shortcut through the cornfield…
NH Constitution Article 83 (Part 1): Encouragement of Literature, &c.
Important roles of education, literacy, & the arts in democracy:
Plummer’s Willow (Henniker)
We all start small and grow from there…
The Old Bear (Dublin)
No sense complaining about the food…
Fox Chase (Weare)
This snowy tale from Little’s history falls somewhere between “hunting story” and “dream”…
Moose Chase (Weare)
If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.
