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Category Archives: 1700-1799

Mr. Barnes & the Bear (Henniker)

In honor of the start of hunting season, we continue with (what else?) another action-packed story of ursine mayhem! … << BEFORE: Fishing for bear in Chesterfield.

Posted byMarek2 October, 201213 April, 2015Posted in1780s, bear, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=CogswellTags:axe, bear, fight, forest, hunt, wounds1 Comment on Mr. Barnes & the Bear (Henniker)

Fishing for Bear (Chesterfield)

An unusual hunting tale from the Keene area…

Posted byMarek1 October, 201212 March, 2014Posted in1750s, bear, Chesterfield, colonial, hunting, Keene, SOURCE=HSCC, stick figuresTags:bear, chesterfield, hunting, spofford7 Comments on Fishing for Bear (Chesterfield)

Mrs. Huse & the Bear (Henniker)

In Henniker’s early days, a resourceful farmwife prepares dinner for her bear-hunting husband:

Posted byMarek21 September, 20125 October, 2012Posted in1780s, bear, Henniker, hunting, NH history, SOURCE=Cogswell, stick figuresTags:bears, cogswell, cooking, dressing, farm, food-temp, Henniker, hunting, nh, supper, wife, woman1 Comment on Mrs. Huse & the Bear (Henniker)

Paying the Doctor (Nelson, c. 1750)

Nelson’s own Ezra Carter accepts a rather unusual means of payment…

Posted byMarek5 August, 201226 September, 2012Posted in1750s, colonial, medicine, Nelson, SOURCE=HSCCTags:cats, doctor, health, kittens, medicine, povertyLeave a comment on Paying the Doctor (Nelson, c. 1750)

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