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Category Archives: harvest

Pring 13 ~ Sassafras Harvest

Things go quickly awry when Pring’s men exhaust the local supply of sassafras…

Posted byMarek3 December, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, encounter & exploration, harvest, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, seacoastTags:PringLeave a comment on Pring 13 ~ Sassafras Harvest

Live Free and Draw Wood (Keene, c.1812)

An example of how NH town governments kept costs low 200 years ago: the annual minister’s firewood bee!

Posted byMarek29 November, 201229 November, 2012Posted in1810s, forestry, harvest, Keene, SOURCE=GriffinLeave a comment on Live Free and Draw Wood (Keene, c.1812)

Sarah Josepha Hale on Thanksgiving (1864)

Hale reflects on the national holiday she helped create in the midst of Civil War. (Note her “peculiarly” 19th century conceptions of politics, gender, charity, & religion.)

Posted byMarek21 November, 20128 April, 2013Posted in1860s, charity, Civil War, harvest, Newport, politics, religion, Sarah Josepha HaleTags:civil war, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thanksgiving2 Comments on Sarah Josepha Hale on Thanksgiving (1864)

Blood and Honey (Dublin)

A cautionary harvest parable courtesy of Dublin’s infamous Wranglin’ Russell Brothers:

Posted byMarek2 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1790s, bees, Dublin, harvest, honey, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardTags:1790s, argument, bees, brothers, dublin, honey, nh, russellLeave a comment on Blood and Honey (Dublin)

Snow Storm (Henniker, 1804)

A freak Autumn snow storm disrupts the apple and potato harvests…

Posted byMarek16 October, 201212 November, 2012Posted in1800s, apples, harvest, Henniker, potatoes, SOURCE=Cogswell, weatherTags:1804, apple, fall, harvest, Henniker, potato, snow, weatherLeave a comment on Snow Storm (Henniker, 1804)

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