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16 June, 201620 June, 2016 Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

State's rights, reserved for the people of NH...

24 March, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, farms, forestry, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Pitch Pine

Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe ... << BEFORE: Candles from hogs ... NEXT >> SOURCE: As told in The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896): But at times even this luxury of candle light was denied us... [p.18-19] Especially this line on Asa's reaction to sudden amputation: Oh, … Continue reading Pitch Pine

17 March, 201621 June, 2016 Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don't celebrate any one religion's holidays

14 March, 201622 March, 2016 Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

A logical extension of freedom of conscience.

13 March, 201622 March, 2016 Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

Some rights you just can't give away.

9 March, 201620 February, 2023 Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY...

8 March, 20168 March, 2016 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 116: Patient Patient

Newton's story, continued ...

7 March, 20169 March, 2016 Marek 1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

This one's short and to the point.

1 March, 20167 March, 2016 Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

Life, liberty, property, happiness... This article has it all.

29 February, 201620 February, 2023 Marek 1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

"All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT..."

24 February, 201618 October, 2018 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, farms, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, pigs

Illumination

Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s...

12 February, 201612 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH history

Colby & Bacon on a Night March

The officers, no doubt, feel a certain urgency ...

9 February, 201618 October, 2018 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history, religion

Choirmaster Power Play

Brother Joshua makes his move ...

8 February, 201623 January, 2022 Marek 1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby at Muddy Branch

Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek ...

27 January, 20169 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history

Empty Rooms

Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family's new home ...

23 January, 20161 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, politics, religion

Resolved

Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house ...

19 January, 201611 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history

The Twin Buglers

Milford's most unusual marching band ...

12 January, 20169 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, revolutionary era

Heirloom

Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake ...

7 January, 201612 January, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, apples, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets

Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm ... << BEFORE: Joshua's Job ... NEXT: Heirloom >> SOURCE: As told in The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896) p.8

5 January, 20167 January, 2016 Marek 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Joshua’s Job

Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley ...

4 January, 201619 January, 2016 Marek 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Buying Burnham’s Farm

With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham's old inn ... << BEFORE: The Twin Buglers ... NEXT: Moving day >> SOURCE: The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896) p.8