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Category Archives: 1760s

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:

Posted byMarek28 August, 20151 September, 2015Posted in1700-1799, 1760s, colonial, guest artist, PeterboroughTags:clock, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, Fitchburg, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, linen, Mrs. William Smith, Peterborough, timeLeave a comment on First Clock in Town (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

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

Posted byMarek18 February, 201321 February, 2013Posted in1760s, 1860s, colonial, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reportsTags:education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town reportLeave a comment on Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

The Old Bear (Dublin)

No sense complaining about the food…

Posted byMarek16 December, 201223 January, 2013Posted in1760s, bear, colonial, Dublin, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardTags:bear, dublin, Eli GreenwoodLeave a comment on The Old Bear (Dublin)

Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

The only way to travel in those 18th century snows…

Posted byMarek10 December, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1760s, colonial, encounter & exploration, hiking, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:snowshoesLeave a comment on Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

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)

Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…

Posted byMarek7 December, 201210 February, 2013Posted in1760s, colonial, deer, hunting, moose, pigs, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weatherTags:snow, winterLeave a comment on Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

John Colony (Keene)

John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England…

Posted byMarek1 December, 201221 December, 2014Posted in1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760s, French + Indian Wars, Keene, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, Robert Rogers, SOURCE=Griffin, VermontTags:Fort Edward, Ichabod Fisher, Ireland, Israel Putnam, John Colony, Keene, Kilkenny, MA, ME, Melatiah Colony, Robert Rogers, Saxton's River, VT, WrenthamLeave a comment on John Colony (Keene)

Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…

Posted byMarek1 November, 20121 November, 2012Posted in1760s, 1770s, Amherst, colonial, construction, death, food, forestry, graves & memorials, Henniker, milk, Nashua, SOURCE=CogswellTags:butter, cabin, construction, farm, settlers, stumo, table, treeLeave a comment on Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

Second Horse in Town (Henniker, 1767)

Because sometimes being FIRST doesn’t really count…

Posted byMarek21 October, 2012Posted in1760s, Henniker, horses, SOURCE=CogswellTags:1767, animals, early, Henniker, horseLeave a comment on Second Horse in Town (Henniker, 1767)

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