Tag: work

• Early Amusements (Peterborough, c.1750)

  

  Some examples of “early amusements” from Smith’s History of Peterborough (1876):

  Marek

  30 August, 2015

  1700-1799, 1750s, colonial, corn, forestry, Peterborough

  alcohol, amusement, construction, corn, logging, work

• The Wood-Pile (Robert Frost)

  

  I spent the afternoon exploring the winter woods on the mountain, and came back home to spend the evening with this poem by Robert Frost…

  Marek

  3 February, 2013

  1910s, birds, firewood, hiking, NH Poetry, poetry, Robert Frost

  firewood, poetry, Robert Frost, work

• 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

• To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)

  

  A farm family debates sending their youngest daughter to work in the mills…

  Marek

  12 August, 2012

  1840s, food, Keene, mills, NH resources & industry, SOURCE=HSCC

  Colony Mill, economy, family, food, jobs, Keene, mills, work