Tag: Thanksgiving

• Colby 91: Tea

  

  A dipper of hot tea brings back memories of home …

  Marek

  7 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, chicken, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, turkey

  civil war, Freeman Colby, mail, sage, sweet flags, tea, Thanksgiving

• Colby 90: Unpacking

  

  1862: Now that the holiday boxes have finally arrived, the boys choose to look on the bright side…

  Marek

  5 December, 2014

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

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• Colby 89: Knife

  

  Colby’s father sends him a knife in his holiday box, but will it get past Capt. Richardson?

  Marek

  4 December, 2014

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

  civil war, Freeman Colby, knife, mail, Thanksgiving, theft

• Colby 88: “A Fine Drunk”

  

  Tensions arise in camp as the holidays approach …

  Marek

  7 November, 2014

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

  alcohol, Cuvier Grover, Freeman Colby, mail, Phineas Stearns Davis, Thanksgiving

• Colby 85: Mail

  

  Postal privileges & caustic comments from the camp of the 39th MA:

  Marek

  10 July, 2014

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

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• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

  

  1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…

  Marek

  11 May, 2013

  1860s, Contoocook Village, goose, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety, turkey

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• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

  

  1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving… (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

  Marek

  13 April, 2013

  1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, chicken, civil war, contoocook, ice skating, letter, shooting, Thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #1)

  

  1860: Burleigh’s recently back from the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago, and he can’t wait to tell his brother all about the celebrations back on the farm in Contoocook:

  Marek

  10 April, 2013

  1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, Civil War, food-temp, pie, Thanksgiving

• Sarah Josepha Hale on Thanksgiving (1864)

  

  Hale reflects on the national holiday she helped create in the midst of Civil War. (Note her “peculiarly” 19th century conceptions of politics, gender, charity, & religion.)

  Marek

  21 November, 2012

  1860s, charity, Civil War, harvest, Newport, politics, religion, Sarah Josepha Hale

  civil war, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thanksgiving

• Letter to Lincoln (1863)

  

  Newport native Sarah Josepha Hale appeals to President Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, and instigates an official national holiday!

  Marek

  18 November, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, Newport, politics, Sarah Josepha Hale, SOURCE=Library of Congress

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