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Category Archives: Connecticut

Colby 21: The Wait

1862: Colby’s long slow journey to the front continues …

Posted byMarek20 February, 201326 March, 2014Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Connecticut, SOURCE=HHS, weatherTags:civil war, Freeman Colby, New LondonLeave a comment on Colby 21: The Wait

Swett 4: Wheel Trouble

1865: Swett’s train ride to the mountains goes smoothly … until the wheels come off!

Posted byMarek10 January, 201329 March, 2015Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Connecticut, SOURCE=HHS, SOURCE=roadside markers, Vermont, William B. SwettTags:train, well's river, William B. SwettLeave a comment on Swett 4: Wheel Trouble

Young Chase at Keene

Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…

Posted byMarek28 November, 201230 December, 2012Posted in1800s, 1810s, 1820s, Connecticut, Cornish, death, education, glass, hiking, judicial branch, Keene, Roxbury, Salmon P. Chase, SOURCE=Griffin, SOURCE=roadside markers, sources, VermontTags:Keene, nh, Salmon P. ChaseLeave a comment on Young Chase at Keene

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