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The Legend of Chocorua

One version of a local legend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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