1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?
Category Archives: 1770s
Mrs. Peters Shoots a Bear (Henniker)
GUN SAFETY IN THE 1770s: If you come to visit, DON’T take that shortcut through the cornfield…
Moose Chase (Weare)
If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.
Wolves Around a Fire (Henniker)
Early settlers in Henniker come up with an efficient way to reduce a predator population.
Pension Application of Elisha Haynes (Epsom)
Haynes served from 1779-1782 in the Revolutionary War. Â In 1831, when he finally applied for a veteran’s pension at age 70, he included an inventory of all his property…
Moses Trussell (New London)
Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…
Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin
Mr. Belknap at war …
Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)
Dublin neighbors rally to support each other in time of war…
A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)
Out of the firing line, into the forest. 19 April 1775 SOURCE: Cogswell’s History of Henniker (p.262)
Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)
Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…
The Hessian (Weare)
What a wild place was Weare; here we meet a fellow who (A) fought on BOTH sides of the Revolution, and (B) really knew how to party! …
Live Free and Draw 