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Category Archives: 1840s

Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

“Once a sovereign nation”…

Posted byMarek7 May, 201815 May, 2018Posted in1800-1899, 1830s, 1840s, constitution, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:Canada, constitution, Indian Stream, markers, Pittsburg, United StatesLeave a comment on Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

Hutchinson Family Singers

Color portrait of the world-famous Milford, NH quartet… PLUS series source links!

Posted byMarek1 December, 201520 September, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1840s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & danceTags:Abby Hutchinson, Asa Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Judson Hutchinson, Milford, The Old Granite StateLeave a comment on Hutchinson Family Singers

Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)

The famous abolitionist finds both prejudice and humanity in a NH graveyard: Douglass visited Pittsfield as part of a speaking tour through New England.  

Posted byMarek14 November, 20125 May, 2015Posted in1840s, graves & memorials, Pittsfield, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1842, abolition, Frederick Douglass, grave, moses norris Jr., Pittsfield, slaveryLeave a comment on Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)

Dublin Lyceum (1836-1844)

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

Posted byMarek13 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1830s, 1840s, Dublin, education, entertainment, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardLeave a comment on Dublin Lyceum (1836-1844)

Moses Trussell (New London)

Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…

Posted byMarek10 November, 201212 December, 2013Posted in1770s, 1840s, education, forestry, graves & memorials, Hopkinton, John Stark, Massachusetts, New London, Plaistow, revolutionary era, SOURCE=roadside markers1 Comment on Moses Trussell (New London)

Haunted House (Weare)

Let’s peek into another Weare haunting…

Posted byMarek30 October, 201231 October, 2012Posted in1840s, cats, ghosts, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:cat, ghost, haunted, house, little, minister, weare3 Comments on Haunted House (Weare)

To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)

A farm family debates sending their youngest daughter to work in the mills…

Posted byMarek12 August, 201226 September, 2012Posted in1840s, food, Keene, mills, NH resources & industry, SOURCE=HSCCTags:Colony Mill, economy, family, food, jobs, Keene, mills, workLeave a comment on To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)

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