“Once a sovereign nation”…
Category: 1830s
When My Wedding Is Going to Be (Sandwich, NH)
1839: Phebe Weed writes Larkin from Sandwich to tease & joke & vent (in some unexpected ways!)…
Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)
1838: Sandwich petitions Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia…
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 …
Regulations (New Hampton Academy)
1835: Larkin Weed’s daily schedule at New Hampton Academy …
Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)
1835: Larkin Weed writes home, in part to justify the expense boarding school at New Hampton …
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 …
The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)
1835: GUEST ARTIST draws the next episode in the education of Larkin Weed:
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”:
Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)
1835: Larkin describes his classes and hints at adventures to come …
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 …
Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)
A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…
Dublin Lyceum (1836-1844)
Community education & discourse in Dublin: The adults publish (& perform) their own bi-weekly zine… and the kids put out … More
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
Deaths (Weare)
How folks died in the early days of Weare…
Shooting Stars (Henniker, 1833)
The greatest astronomical exposition in town, as of 1880… 13 November, 1833
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:
