Tag: rum

• 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

• The Hessian (Weare)

  

  What a wild place was Weare; here we meet a fellow who (A) fought on BOTH sides of the Revolution, and (B) really knew how to party! …

  Marek

  23 October, 2012

  1770s, 1800-1899, entertainment, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  alcohol, drinking, german, hessian, pension, revolution, rum, work