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Sugar Hill New Hampshire Physician: Anna Betsey (Taylor) Cole (1851-1931)
Anna Betsey Taylor, the daughter of Joseph L. & Laura (Gove) Taylor was born 14 Nov 1851 in Sugar Hill … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Boston University, disease, MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, NH, physician, Somerville, Sugar Hill, Whitefield, woman, women
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Rindge New Hampshire’s Cathedral of the Pines
The Cathedral of the Pines is a holy place without walls. People from all beliefs are welcome to worship and seek spiritual renewal. The … Continue reading
Posted in History, Structures, Travel
Tagged 2, Altar, Altar of the Nation, American, Bell, Bell Tower, Cathedral, Congress, dead, died, Hampshire, Interlaken, memorial, nation, new, New Hampshire, NH, Norman, patriotic, Pines, Rindge, Rockwell, Sandy, service, Sloane, stone, swerving, tower, two, U.S., United States, war, women, world, WW2
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New Hampshire’s Burnap "Leghorn Bonnets"
A sample bonnet from the 18th century found in Connecticut. Note: this is not a photograph of the bonnets made by the Burnap sisters. Samples of leghorn straw bonnets can be found HERE.
According to the Merrimack NH town history, presented at the Bicentennial celebration in 1946 (written by my grandmother, Mattie Kilborn Webster): “The Burnap sisters, daughters of Merrimack, New Hampshire’s first minister [Jacob Burnap], had other ideas of a woman’s usefulness. It is claimed that in this Town [Merrimack] they invented the making of “Leghorn hats” or bonnets, as they were called. Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Inventors, New Hampshire Women
Tagged bonnet, Burnap, business, grass, industry, Jacob, John Stark, leghorn bonnet, Merrimack, Molly, New Hampshire Historical Society, reeds, sisters, women
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