Tag: money

• The Legend of Chocorua

  

  One version of a local legend.

  Marek

  22 September, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White Mountains

  Chocorua, curse, hunter, indians, money, White Mountains

• Colby 78: Pay

  

  Colby displays a distinct lack of confidence in the stability of the US currency …

  Marek

  6 May, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, greenbacks, money

• Colby 77: Regimental Sutler

  

  1862: Sutler Pullen provides the goods… IF you have the money!

  Marek

  5 May, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, apples, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, NH history, potatoes, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  apples, civil war, figs, money, potatoes, Pullen, raisins, sutler, sweet potatoes, tobacco

• When My Wedding Is Going to Be (Sandwich, NH)

  

  1839: Phebe Weed writes Larkin from Sandwich to tease & joke & vent (in some unexpected ways!)…

  Marek

  22 November, 2013

  1830s, marriage, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Caroline McGaffrey, Irene McGaffrey, Larkin Weed, marriage, money, Phebe Weed, race, sandwich

• OCTOBER 1839: Phebe Weed to Larkin Weed (Sandwich, NH)

  

  1839: Phebe Weed (NH) asks her brother Larkin (NJ) for advice about starting a Sandwich silkworm plantation …

  Marek

  6 November, 2013

  1830s, cabbage, farms, food, NH history, Sandwich, silk, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Larkin Weed, marriage, money, Phebe Weed, sandwich, silk, silkworms

• Hawks 17: Merely a Subterfuge

  

  1862: Dr. Esther suspects the former slaves are trying to trick her …

  Marek

  30 October, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, NH history

  beaufort, Esther Hill Hawks, freedmen, money, slaves, south carolina

• Bank of John Gillet (Weare)

  

  1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …

  Marek

  30 August, 2013

  1850s, corn, economics, metals & minerals, NH history, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  banks, corn, economics, finance, John Gillet, money, weare

• Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)

  

  1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?

  Marek

  5 March, 2013

  1770s, 1780s, construction, Contoocook, government, Henniker, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

  bridge, Henniker, money, revolution, rum

• Rats (Weare)

  

  You can’t snag rats and pinch pennies at the same time…

  Marek

  22 October, 2012

  1800-1899, SOURCE=Little, vermin, Weare

  argument, catching, house, money, rats, stranger, weare