1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?
Category: 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. In 1831, when he finally applied for a veteran’s pension at age … More
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.
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, … More
