Category: 1830s

• Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

  

  “Once a sovereign nation”…

  Marek

  7 May, 2018

  1800-1899, 1830s, 1840s, constitution, SOURCE=roadside markers

  Canada, constitution, Indian Stream, markers, Pittsburg, United States

• When My Wedding Is Going to Be (Sandwich, NH)

  

  1839: Phebe Weed writes Larkin from Sandwich to tease & joke & vent (in some unexpected ways!)…

  Marek

  22 November, 2013

  1830s, marriage, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Caroline McGaffrey, Irene McGaffrey, Larkin Weed, marriage, money, Phebe Weed, race, sandwich

• Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)

  

  1838: Sandwich petitions Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia…

  Marek

  6 November, 2013

  1830s, government, NH history, religion, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical

  abolition, congress, petition, sandwich, slavery

• OCTOBER 1839: Phebe Weed to Larkin Weed (Sandwich, NH)

  

  1839: Phebe Weed (NH) asks her brother Larkin (NJ) for advice about starting a Sandwich silkworm plantation …

  Marek

  6 November, 2013

  1830s, cabbage, farms, food, NH history, Sandwich, silk, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Larkin Weed, marriage, money, Phebe Weed, sandwich, silk, silkworms

• Regulations (New Hampton Academy)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed’s daily schedule at New Hampton Academy …

  Marek

  1 November, 2013

  1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich

• Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed writes home, in part to justify the expense boarding school at New Hampton …

  Marek

  26 October, 2013

  1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich

• A Scene Such as I Never Before Witnessed (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

  

  1835: GUEST ARTIST “E.J.P.” (of Sandwich, NH) details Larkin’s adventure in a House of Death …

  Marek

  6 August, 2013

  1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  death, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, poverty, sandwich

• The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: GUEST ARTIST draws the next episode in the education of Larkin Weed:

  Marek

  3 August, 2013

  1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  hindu, india, Larkin Weed, missionary, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich, torture

• All the Mirth that the Mind could Invent (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: After classes, Larkin Weed & friends descend on “a place of resort for bathing”:

  Marek

  31 July, 2013

  1830s, food, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, fruit, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, recreation, sandwich

• Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

  

  1835: Larkin describes his classes and hints at adventures to come …

  Marek

  26 July, 2013

  1830s, education, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, education, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich

• JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed writes home to his sister Phebe at Sandwich, describing his experiences in a single day of classes …

  Marek

  25 July, 2013

  1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, medicine, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, pudding, sandwich

• Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)

  

  A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…

  Marek

  26 November, 2012

  1810s, 1830s, 1850s, death, education, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  CO, goshen, Hopkinton, John Gunnison, massacre, St. Louis, UT, West Point

• Dublin Lyceum (1836-1844)

  

  Community education & discourse in Dublin: The adults publish (& perform) their own bi-weekly zine… and the kids put out TWO!

  Marek

  13 November, 2012

  1830s, 1840s, Dublin, education, entertainment, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward

• 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 70, he included an inventory of all his property… SOURCE: View Elisha Haynes’ pension application at www.EpsomHistory.com …The following year, in 1832, Haynes added another declaration that clarifies his family situation and health status. “Skumsborough”…

  Marek

  11 November, 2012

  1770s, 1780s, 1830s, Epsom, Greenland, pigs, revolutionary era

• Deaths (Weare)

  

  How folks died in the early days of Weare…

  Marek

  25 October, 2012

  1810s, 1820s, 1830s, death, dogs, hunting, milk, SOURCE=Little, squirrel, Weare

  death, Enos Baker, Hasket Eaton, John Robie, Jonathan Atwood

• Shooting Stars (Henniker, 1833)

  

  The greatest astronomical exposition in town, as of 1880… 13 November, 1833

  Marek

  13 October, 2012

  1830s, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

  astronomy, cogswell, Henniker, night, shooting, sky, stars

• Daniel Webster, Young & Old

  

  After drawing his statue at the State House, I started reading up on Daniel Webster and became captivated by these two images:   

  Marek

  28 September, 2012

  1830s, 1850s, Daniel Webster, politics

  1835, 1850, Daniel Webster, new hampshire, politics, portraits