1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…
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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:
I am Pedling Buttons (B K Jones, March 6th 1858) (Guest Post)
1858: Be careful what you wish for! Burleigh K. Jones just can’t get rid of those buttons he had his brother send him from Boston! (Drawn by guest artist Heather Mitchell) …
They Have Discovered a Cave! (B K Jones, April 1st 1855) (Guest Post)
1855: Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones shares news from home (and demonstrates his sense of humor) in an exciting letter to his brother Sullivan. (Drawn by guest artist Andrew Z.) …
I Will Pledge Myself (Jones, June 13th 1862, #3)
1862: The Union armies stand at the gates of Richmond, and to Burleigh, the war seems all but won. He couldn’t be more wrong …
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:
Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)
Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones writes to his brother following the Battle of Seven Pines …
