1760s – Live Free and Draw 📖

28 August, 20151 September, 2015 Marek 1700-1799, 1760s, colonial, guest artist, Peterborough

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:

18 February, 201321 February, 2013 Marek 1760s, 1860s, colonial, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

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

16 December, 201223 January, 2013 Marek 1760s, bear, colonial, Dublin, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward

The Old Bear (Dublin)

No sense complaining about the food... << BEFORE: Fox chase! NEXT: Bears in the cornfield >>

10 December, 201210 December, 2012 Marek 1760s, colonial, encounter & exploration, hiking, SOURCE=Little, Weare

Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

The only way to travel in those 18th century snows... << BEFORE: The severe Winter of 1761-1762 continues... More: Posts about "HIKING" >>

9 December, 201212 December, 2012 Marek 1760s, colonial, firewood, religion, sabbath, Weare

Even religious law can have loopholes... MORE: Posts about the "SABBATH" >> Every time I work on sabbath day stories from old NH, it reminds me of weekends in Slovakia, where everybody works to finish up chores on Saturday, and then Sunday is strictly reserved for visiting with family. Does this story remind YOU … Continue reading Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

7 December, 201210 February, 2013 Marek 1760s, colonial, deer, hunting, moose, pigs, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weather

Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare... NEXT: The only way to travel >>

1 December, 201221 December, 2014 Marek 1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760s, French + Indian Wars, Keene, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, Robert Rogers, SOURCE=Griffin, Vermont

John Colony (Keene)

John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England... NEXT: John Colony goes out for milk >> SOURCE = Griffin's "A History of the Town of Keene..." MORE INFO: Robert Rogers ~ Is this LFAD's first mention of Rogers?! There will be many more stories to come... Rogers' Rangers … Continue reading John Colony (Keene)