“The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO…”
NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place
Free elections, not family dynasties!
NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.
Open, accessible government, for the people…
NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.
State’s rights, reserved for the people of NH…
Pitch Pine
Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …
NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.
This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don’t celebrate any one religion’s holidays
NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.
A logical extension of freedom of conscience.
NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable
Some rights you just can’t give away.
NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes
Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY…
Colby 116: Patient Patient
Newton’s story, continued …
NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms
This one’s short and to the point.
NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights
Life, liberty, property, happiness… This article has it all.
NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government
“All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT…”
Illumination
Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…
Colby & Bacon on a Night March
The officers, no doubt, feel a certain urgency …
Choirmaster Power Play
Brother Joshua makes his move …
Colby at Muddy Branch
Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek …
Empty Rooms
Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …
Resolved
Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …
The Twin Buglers
Milford’s most unusual marching band …
Heirloom
Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …
Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets
Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm …
Joshua’s Job
Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …
Buying Burnham’s Farm
With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn …
