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Tag Archives: sandwich

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

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

Posted byMarek22 November, 201322 November, 2013Posted in1830s, marriage, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Caroline McGaffrey, Irene McGaffrey, Larkin Weed, marriage, money, Phebe Weed, race, sandwichLeave a comment on When My Wedding Is Going to Be (Sandwich, NH)

Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)

1838: Sandwich petitions Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia…

Posted byMarek6 November, 2013Posted in1830s, government, NH history, religion, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich HistoricalTags:abolition, congress, petition, sandwich, slavery1 Comment on Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)

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 …

Posted byMarek6 November, 201322 November, 2013Posted in1830s, cabbage, farms, food, NH history, Sandwich, silk, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Larkin Weed, marriage, money, Phebe Weed, sandwich, silk, silkwormsLeave a comment on OCTOBER 1839: Phebe Weed to Larkin Weed (Sandwich, NH)

Regulations (New Hampton Academy)

1835: Larkin Weed’s daily schedule at New Hampton Academy …

Posted byMarek1 November, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwichLeave a comment on Regulations (New Hampton Academy)

Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)

1835: Larkin Weed writes home, in part to justify the expense boarding school at New Hampton …

Posted byMarek26 October, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwichLeave a comment on Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)

A Scene Such as I Never Before Witnessed (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

1835: GUEST ARTIST “E.J.P.” (of Sandwich, NH) details Larkin’s adventure in a House of Death …

Posted byMarek6 August, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:death, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, poverty, sandwichLeave a comment on A Scene Such as I Never Before Witnessed (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)

1835: GUEST ARTIST draws the next episode in the education of Larkin Weed:

Posted byMarek3 August, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:hindu, india, Larkin Weed, missionary, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich, tortureLeave a comment on The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)

Junior Historians’ Comics Share @ Sandwich Old Home Days (18 August)

Sandwich Historical Society’s JUNIOR HISTORIANS CAMP presents… the 2013 Camp Comic Book!

Posted byMarek3 August, 201319 September, 2013Posted ineventsTags:camp, events, sandwichLeave a comment on Junior Historians’ Comics Share @ Sandwich Old Home Days (18 August)

All the Mirth that the Mind could Invent (New Hampton, NH)

1835: After classes, Larkin Weed & friends descend on “a place of resort for bathing”:

Posted byMarek31 July, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, food, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, fruit, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, recreation, sandwichLeave a comment on All the Mirth that the Mind could Invent (New Hampton, NH)

Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

1835: Larkin describes his classes and hints at adventures to come …

Posted byMarek26 July, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, education, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwichLeave a comment on Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

1835: Larkin Weed writes home to his sister Phebe at Sandwich, describing his experiences in a single day of classes …

Posted byMarek25 July, 20135 November, 2013Posted in1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family LettersTags:Academy, Larkin Weed, medicine, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, pudding, sandwichLeave a comment on JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

Junior Historians’ Week @ Sandwich, NH (22-26 July)

Join us for a week of local history exploration & discovery at Sandwich Historical Society…

Posted byMarek30 April, 20133 August, 2013Posted ineventsTags:camp, events, sandwichLeave a comment on Junior Historians’ Week @ Sandwich, NH (22-26 July)

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