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Category Archives: 1790s

Ethan Allen Crawford

Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…

Posted byMarek5 October, 20166 October, 2016Posted in1700-1799, 1790s, Ethan Allen Crawford, NH history, NH people, White MountainsTags:Ethan Allen Crawford, fire, Giant's Grave, Guild Hall, Vermont, White MountainsLeave a comment on Ethan Allen Crawford

Clean Living

The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:

Posted byMarek2 December, 20153 January, 2016Posted in1790s, corn, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & danceTags:Andrew Hutchinson, corn, dance, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford, tobacco, violinLeave a comment on Clean Living

Blood and Honey (Dublin)

A cautionary harvest parable courtesy of Dublin’s infamous Wranglin’ Russell Brothers:

Posted byMarek2 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1790s, bees, Dublin, harvest, honey, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardTags:1790s, argument, bees, brothers, dublin, honey, nh, russellLeave a comment on Blood and Honey (Dublin)

Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft

How did they know the “Great Witch of Weare” was really a witch?

Posted byMarek31 October, 20123 October, 2013Posted in1790s, animals, milk, SOURCE=Little, Weare, witchesTags:animals, butter, dustin, Mrs. Dustin, needle, neighbor, weare, witch, witchcraft1 Comment on Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft

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