Category: Peterborough

• Early Amusements (Peterborough, c.1750)

  

  Some examples of “early amusements” from Smith’s History of Peterborough (1876):

  Marek

  30 August, 2015

  1700-1799, 1750s, colonial, corn, forestry, Peterborough

  alcohol, amusement, construction, corn, logging, work

• First Clock in Town (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Chris depicts the arrival of new technology around 1765-1770, thanks to the efforts of Mrs. William Smith:

  Marek

  28 August, 2015

  1700-1799, 1760s, colonial, guest artist, Peterborough

  clock, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, Fitchburg, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, linen, Mrs. William Smith, Peterborough, time

• An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…

  Marek

  28 August, 2015

  1700-1799, death, guest artist, music & dance, Peterborough, religion

  devil, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, fiddler, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, Old Baker Moore, Peterborough

• Fake Raid (Peterborough, 1754) (GUEST POST)

  

  Peterborough resident Liam draws a practical joke from the French-Indian War era:

  Marek

  27 August, 2015

  1700-1799, 1750s, colonial, French + Indian Wars, guest artist, Peterborough

  Captain Morrison, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, Fort Richter, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, indians, joke, Peterborough, raid

• “No Doing Things on a Sunday” (Peterborough, 1700s) (GUEST POST)

  

  Peterborough resident Daniel portrays the strict sabbath laws of the town’s early settlers, as related in Kinscella’s Chronicles of Peterborough: NEXT: One practical joke from 1754 >>

  Marek

  26 August, 2015

  1700-1799, guest artist, Peterborough, sabbath

  church, Peterborough, sabbath, sunday, swears

• Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)

  

  The people of Henniker party like it’s 1829…

  Marek

  7 January, 2013

  1820s, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, music & dance, Peterborough, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, War of 1812, Warner

  Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, Judge Darling, Perley Howe, Phineas Campbell