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Comics History from the Granite State ~ by Marek Bennett

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Tag: Milford

Choirmaster Power Play

Brother Joshua makes his move …

1820s, church, joshua hutchinson, Milford, music

Empty Rooms

Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …

1820s, Milford, music, polly hutchinson

Resolved

Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …

1800s, abolition, alcohol, baptist, Milford, prayer, school, slavery, temperance

The Twin Buglers

Milford’s most unusual marching band …

1820s, caleb hutchinson, joshua hutchinson, Milford, militia, music, polly hutchinson

Heirloom

Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …

1820s, apples, Burnham, feature, George Washington, jesse-hutchinson-jr, Milford, polly hutchinson, revolution

Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets

Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm … 

1820s, apples, Burnham, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford

Joshua’s Job

Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …

1820s, Asa Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, joshua hutchinson, Milford, polly hutchinson

Buying Burnham’s Farm

With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn … 

1820s, Burnham, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford

Brother Jesse

The unfortunate tale of the eldest Hutchinson son …

1800s, 1810s, David Hutchinson, death, jesse-hutchinson-jr, Milford, sawmill

Clean Living

The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:

Andrew Hutchinson, corn, dance, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford, tobacco, violin

Hutchinson Family Singers

Color portrait of the world-famous Milford, NH quartet… PLUS series source links!

Abby Hutchinson, Asa Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Judson Hutchinson, Milford, The Old Granite State

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