Milford – Live Free and Draw 📖

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

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...

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 ...

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