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Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View

1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings ...

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

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":

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Hawks 12: No One Is Punished

1862: General Saxton confronts the ruthless tide of violence against former slaves ...

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

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

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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 ...

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Colby 30: Night’s March!

1862: The orders go out: It's a night's march! ...

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Mr. Wheelock Mistakes a Cat for a Rabbit (Keene)

Here's a double-header GUEST POST of a favorite hunting anecdote from Thomas C. Rand's "Sketch of Keene, Gem of the Ashuelot Valley"...

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Colby 29: Chance Meeting

Colby runs into his fiancee's older brother-in-law in camp at Arlington Heights ...

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Upper Crust of Keene

Guest cartoonist Bea Reel drew this page from Griffin's History of Keene, NH during our recent FAMILY COMICS WORKSHOP at Keene Public Library:

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White 01: To Make a String

1861: A recruiter for the new Sharpshooter Regiments arrives at Keene...

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Colby 28: Not Far Away

1862: While waiting in camp at Washington, Colby hears news of nearby engagements...

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Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise

1862: Even worse than property damage is the abuse of former slaves by Northern soldiers ...

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Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)

1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner...

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Henniker Provides (WWII) (Guest Post)

Henniker sends metal to Berlin as part of the war effort... (Drawn by guest artist / art teacher Todd Storro)

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Colby 27: Ellsworth & Lee

1862: Colby surveys his surroundings & recalls the big names that shaped history here ...

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Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh sends news about his family's Thanksgiving activities...

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Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War...

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Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time ...

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Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins ...

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Hawks 10: Mere Love of Destroying

1862: Dr. Hawks continues to document the depredations of Union troops occupying coastal South Carolina ...

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Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving... (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

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NH’s Largest Comic Strip? (Columbia)

This comic takes the form of 16 stone panels stretching over an enormous wooded semi-circle... and the surprise ending will really rev you up!

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Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #1)

1860: Burleigh's recently back from the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago, and he can't wait to tell his brother all about the celebrations back on the farm in Contoocook: