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Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)

1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner…

Marek

4 June, 2013

1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, medicine, NH history, posters

54th MA, beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, Fort Wagner, hospital, south carolina

The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (INTRO)

1861: Background info & links for Freeman’s diary …

Marek

11 February, 2013

1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, education, Henniker, posters, SOURCE=HHS

Civil War, Freeman Colby, Henniker, jonas bacon, school

Bear Ferry (Chesterfield)

A color splash page based on that old Chesterfield story, “Fishing for Bear”:

Marek

1 February, 2013

1700-1799, bear, Chesterfield, hunting, posters, SOURCE=HSCC

bear, chesterfield, hunting, lake, spafford, spofford

Hawks 1: Civil War Diary (cover)

1862: A color cover of Manchester native Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, all alone on the pier at New York City, on her way to occupied South Carolina…

Marek

18 January, 2013

1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Manchester, posters, Reference Links

civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, New York

Journal of Martin Pring (cover + intro)

1603: Here’s a color cover image of Pring’s young guiternist…

Marek

13 January, 2013

1600s, encounter & exploration, Journal of Martin Pring, music & dance, posters, seacoast

martin pring, music

ADVENTURES of a DEAF-MUTE… (Cover & Intro Links)

Let’s kick off this series with a pin-up image of Mr. Swett in the Flume…

Marek

4 January, 2013

1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, forestry, Henniker, hiking, posters, SOURCE=HHS, squirrel, White Mountains, William B. Swett

white mountains, William B. Swett

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