1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…
Category: Contoocook Village
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)
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:
Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)
1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull… (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)
I am Pedling Buttons (B K Jones, March 6th 1858) (Guest Post)
1858: Be careful what you wish for! Burleigh K. Jones just can’t get rid of those buttons he had his brother send him from Boston! (Drawn by guest artist Heather Mitchell) …
They Have Discovered a Cave! (B K Jones, April 1st 1855) (Guest Post)
1855: Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones shares news from home (and demonstrates his sense of humor) in an exciting letter to his brother Sullivan. (Drawn by guest artist Andrew Z.) …
Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)
Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones writes to his brother following the Battle of Seven Pines …
