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Category Archives: corn

Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid…

Posted byMarek10 January, 201710 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, corn, cows, death, fish, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1697, abenaki, corn, cotton mather, cows, fish, Hannah Dustin, hannah dustonLeave a comment on Frontier Quarrels

Clean Living

The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:

Posted byMarek2 December, 20153 January, 2016Posted in1790s, corn, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & danceTags:Andrew Hutchinson, corn, dance, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford, tobacco, violinLeave a comment on Clean Living

Early Amusements (Peterborough, c.1750)

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

Posted byMarek30 August, 201530 August, 2015Posted in1700-1799, 1750s, colonial, corn, forestry, PeterboroughTags:alcohol, amusement, construction, corn, logging, workLeave a comment on Early Amusements (Peterborough, c.1750)

Colby 108: Place of Honor

More maneuvers along the Potomac …

Posted byMarek5 February, 201525 February, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, corn, cows, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHSTags:civil war, Edward's Ferry, Freeman Colby, Poolsville, Potomac, SiegelLeave a comment on Colby 108: Place of Honor

Colby 107: Holidays at the South

Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …

Posted byMarek2 February, 20155 February, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, corn, cows, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:chickens, christmas, civil war, corn, cows, Freeman Colby, slavesLeave a comment on Colby 107: Holidays at the South

Bank of John Gillet (Weare)

1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …

Posted byMarek30 August, 201330 August, 2013Posted in1850s, corn, economics, metals & minerals, NH history, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:banks, corn, economics, finance, John Gillet, money, weareLeave a comment on Bank of John Gillet (Weare)

Mrs. Peters Shoots a Bear (Henniker)

GUN SAFETY IN THE 1770s: If you come to visit, DON’T take that shortcut through the cornfield…

Posted byMarek23 January, 201327 January, 2013Posted in1770s, bear, colonial, corn, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=CogswellTags:bear, guns, Henniker, Sarah Peters, William PetersLeave a comment on Mrs. Peters Shoots a Bear (Henniker)

Pring 09 ~ We beheld their Gardens

Martin Pring ventures upriver in native canoes for a garden tour…

Posted byMarek14 November, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, berries, corn, encounter & exploration, food, forestry, Journal of Martin Pring, Peas, rivers, seacoastLeave a comment on Pring 09 ~ We beheld their Gardens

Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

Dublin neighbors rally to support each other in time of war…

Posted byMarek8 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1770s, corn, cottage industries, cows, Dublin, potatoes, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardLeave a comment on Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

Ghost in the Corn Field (Weare)

Weare historian William Little has little patience for rumors of hauntings.  Here, John Hodgdon boldly investigates a spooky shade in his corn field …

Posted byMarek27 October, 201228 October, 2012Posted in1700-1799, corn, ghosts, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:basket, corn, ghost, haunting, hodgdon, story, weareLeave a comment on Ghost in the Corn Field (Weare)

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