Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid…

Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.

Illumination

Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…

“The Adventure of the Fisher Cat in New Hampshire” by Adam (GUEST POST)

Nashua guest artist Adam draws a detailed overview of a fisher cat’s life…

Colby 108: Place of Honor

More maneuvers along the Potomac …

Colby 107: Holidays at the South

Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …

Colby 106: Reassurances

Colby writes to tell his family it’s not all that bad …

Colby 91: Tea

A dipper of hot tea brings back memories of home …

Colby 90: Unpacking

1862: Now that the holiday boxes have finally arrived, the boys choose to look on the bright side…

Curse of the Dead Dog Ballot Photo

Here’s a spooky (true) NH tale to carry you over from Halloween to Election Tuesday…

Colby 43: Newton Takes Charge

1862: Newton takes charge …

Colby 42: A Hundred Feet of Rope

1862: As far as Newton is concerned, the longer the rope, the bigger the tangle …

Colby 41: Newton & the Georgetown Mules

1862: Freeman’s hapless brother Newton Colby seems to have a knack for getting himself into trouble …

Colby 38: The Picket Line

1862: How they guarded the Potomac River, border between Union and Rebellion …

“The Stream of Love” (GUEST POST)

Guest artist Rissa (age 6) brings us this romantic parasites’-eye-view of late Summer in NH …

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”…

White 01: To Make a String

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

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

1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…

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:

Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)

1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield: