Tag: contoocook

• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

  

  1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…

  Marek

  11 May, 2013

  1860s, Contoocook Village, goose, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety, turkey

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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)

  Marek

  13 April, 2013

  1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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• Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)

  

  1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull… (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)

  Marek

  1 April, 2013

  1850s, Concord, Contoocook Village, guest artist, hiking, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH culture, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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• 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) …

  Marek

  27 March, 2013

  1850s, Contoocook Village, guest artist, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, buttons, civil war, contoocook, letter, sales

• 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.) …

  Marek

  24 March, 2013

  1850s, Contoocook Village, guest artist, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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• Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 2)

  

  More bloodcurdling details from the ’38 Hurricane:

  Marek

  30 October, 2012

  1930s, Contoocook, Henniker, weather

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