Skip to content

Live Free and Draw

History Comics from the Granite State ~ by Marek Bennett

  • COMICS WORKSHOP
    • Teacher Training
    • Civil War Comics Camp
  • Featured
    • NH State Comicstitution
    • The White Mountains
    • Journal of Martin Pring (1603)
    • Hutchinson Family Singers (1840-1860)
    • 1855-1864: Letters of the Jones Brothers (Contoocook)
    • Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (1861-1863)
    • Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks (1862)
    • 1862: Civil War Letters of Joseph Rogers (Warner)
    • 1864: Charles W. Wilcox Diary
    • Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains (1865)
    • 1911: Weeks Act Comics
    • “Live Free or Die” (NH’s state motto)
    • NH Historical Highway Markers
  • About
    • GUEST ARTISTS
    • For Teachers
  • Contact
    • Email >>
    • Facebook >>
    • Twitter >>
    • www.MarekBennett.com >>
  • Become a PATRON! >>
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • On PATREON >>

Tag Archives: Daniel Webster

“God almighty has hung out a sign…”

Daniel Webster‘s orating again… or IS he?!?!

Posted byMarek15 October, 201218 October, 2012Posted in1800-1899, Daniel Webster, Old Man of the Mountain, White MountainsTags:Daniel Webster, god, men, mountain, new hampshire, old man, quote, scholars, white mountainsLeave a comment on “God almighty has hung out a sign…”

Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

A career-defining speech on slavery and the constitution, given by NH native Daniel Webster to the US Senate on 7 March, 1850 …

Posted byMarek6 October, 201224 October, 2012Posted in1850s, Civil War, constitution, Daniel Webster, politicsTags:Daniel Webster, fugitive slave law, secession, senate, slavery, speech, us1 Comment on Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

Daniel Webster, Young & Old

After drawing his statue at the State House, I started reading up on Daniel Webster and became captivated by these two images:   

Posted byMarek28 September, 20127 December, 2012Posted in1830s, 1850s, Daniel Webster, politicsTags:1835, 1850, Daniel Webster, new hampshire, politics, portraitsLeave a comment on Daniel Webster, Young & Old

Daniel Webster Statue (Concord)

Sketch of the Daniel Webster statue in front of the NH State House:

Posted byMarek14 September, 201226 October, 2012Posted inConcord, Daniel Webster, NH people, NH State House, politics, statuesTags:concord, Daniel Webster, history, nh, state house, statue1 Comment on Daniel Webster Statue (Concord)

NOW DRAWING @ Patreon.com →

Become a patron for updates, previews, & more...

SHOW POSTS ABOUT:

Get LF&D COMICS in Print:

Tags

9th NH 1820s bear beaufort burleigh jones camp Charles W. Wilcox civil war coffee constitution education Esther Hill Hawks freedmen Freeman Colby government Henniker hospital illness John Richardson jonas bacon Keene Larkin Weed letter mail martin pring Maryland medicine Milford money New Hampton newton colby nh Phebe Weed Potomac rights sandwich slaves south carolina state state government Thanksgiving virginia washington weare weather white mountains William B. Swett woburn

SHOW POSTS ABOUT:

Support:

This independent arts education project is supported through teaching residencies with Marek Bennett's COMICS WORKSHOP:

... and by DONATIONS from readers like you!

Live Free and Draw, Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×