Tor Seidler

Posted on 12 November, 2007 by Janice Brown

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Photo Challenge: Sitting Pretty

Posted on 11 November, 2007 by Janice Brown

Terry Thornton at Hill Country of Monroe County Mississippi has challenged visiting bloggers to post photographs of ourselves, as adults dressed in costume.

I haven't been to a costume party in ages (and since I'm older than dirt now, thats a heck of a long time ago). The last time I dressed up in costume, I was a conehead from France.   And so all I to display is this photo of myself and hubby in “quasi-costumes.”

We were visiting the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford Connecticut a year ago, and the back room of the main gift shop provided an opportunity for us to “step back in time” by “posing” for colonial portraits.  All I can say is that I have more actual bosom than the lady, and my husband has less actual hair than the gent.

I hope some of my blogger friends will jump in and participate in this interesting challenge.  Halloween may be over, but hopefully the fun is not!  Please let me know if you post a photo so I can link you from here.

Janice

*Photo Challenge Participants*

-Lori (aka”All Pumped Up”) Thornton at Smoky Mountain Family Historian –

-Jessica's Genejournal: A Picture At the Beginning of Adulthood–

–John (aka “Beam Me Up”) Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch–

–Becky (aka “Stella Kowalski”) Wiseman at kinexxions–

–Randy (aka “Best Day of My Life”) Seaver at Genea-Musings–

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North Barnstead New Hampshire’s Harriet P. Dame: the "Florence Nightingale" of The Civil War (1815-1900)

Posted on 11 November, 2007 by Janice Brown
Harriet Patience Dame, painting hanging in the NH State House. Photograph taken in 2004 by Janice W. Brown.

Harriet Patience Dame, painting hanging in the NH State House. Photograph taken in 2004 by Janice W. Brown.

Harriet Patience Dame, daughter of James Chadbourne and Phebe (Ayers) Dame, was born at North Barnstead, New Hampshire on 5 January 1815, and died 24 April 1900. She became an army nurse, and joined the Second Regiment N.H. Volunteers, as hospital matron in June 1861.

She was mustered out in December 1865–after four years and eight months of service. She “endured all the privations of the troops, marched and camped with them, being oftentimes the only woman among a thousand men. She has nursed her ‘boys’ through small-pox, she has worked all night on the field caring for the wounded, and she has buried the dead.” Continue reading →

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Paddy Whacking in New Hampshire

Posted on 10 November, 2007 by Janice Brown
Sketch of an Irish man, from "Irish ways," by Jane Barlow; George Allen & Sons, (1909) from the University of California Libraries; on the Internet Archive.

Sketch of an Irish man, from “Irish ways,” by Jane Barlow; George Allen & Sons, (1909) from the University of California Libraries; from the  Internet Archive.

One of the myths of both New Hampshire, and American history, is that immigrants were warmly welcomed to our “land of opportunity.”  The only way for us not to repeat history’s mistakes, is to learn from them.  In order to learn from them, we need to gain a realistic view of the past.

The 1840s and 50s in New Hampshire were not good decades for Irish immigrants, nor Catholics in general. This sad part of New Hampshire’s history is now rarely mentioned.  Those who were participants in the original incidents have long passed away. Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Glossary: Tin Reflector Oven

Posted on 9 November, 2007 by Janice Brown

Tin reflector ovens were used to cook food in the late 18th century and early 19th century, in conjunction with a home’s fireplace.

This device, sometimes also made out of copper, was set on the hearth in front of the fire. The heat reflected its polished back, and would bake, roast or broil meat.

The Remick Museum in Tamworth New Hampshire uses such an oven to roast turkey as part of a historic menu for the general public.On Saturday, November 10, 2007 from 1-4 PM join the Remick Museum for good food, country crafts and a healthy dose of history.

The menu for Historic Thanksgiving includes roasted turkey, bread sauce stuffing-dressing, hearth bread and butter, boiled cider pie, Indian pudding, pumpkin stuffed with apples and cranberry sauce.  The event itself is free and open to the public; donations are gratefully accepted. The meal is $3.00 per plate. Try your hand at making apple cider, and in the English barn, make a corn cob feather dart.

The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm is located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth, NH. For more information call (800) 686-6117 or (603) 323-7591, or visit their website at www.remickmuseum.org.

Janice

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