Can we learn from anything from the past, or would applying those lessons make everyone a tad nervous?
An ‘Encouraging’ Dose of Tar and Feather
Posted on May 24, 2011 by James Riley‘Community’ may be many things to many people, but for most of the industrial era, at least, it hasn’t had much to do with seeking justice. The days of the sheriff calling out the posse and deputizing every honest man in the neighborhood have morphed into ‘community watch’ programs, where people just peer out their windows and call […]
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“So Spirited A People as the Americans” New Hampshire June 1770
Posted on May 23, 2011 by James RileyTaking note of what the good citizens of New Hampshire were reading in the summer of 1770. The Boston Massacre On June 29, 1770, the New Hampshire Gazette reported that London papers had just arrived in Boston. The news of the Boston Massacre arrived in England on the 22nd of April, (48 days after the event). In response […]
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On Working With Family and Friends..
Posted on May 19, 2011 by James RileyPosted in History Learning from the Past | Tagged 1770 Boston Massacre Captain Preston June The Rule of Law | Leave a comment
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Next Episode II
Posted on May 13, 2011 by James RileyTo better understand the life of the common New Hampshire farmer/patriot of the 1770s, we draw heavily on
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Bastardy in the Colonies
Posted on May 5, 2011 by James RileyOn January 25, 1770, Matthew Patten, a justice of the peace in Bedford, New Hampshire, recorded the following entry in his day book: “..I went to Mary Riddells in the evening to talk with her about takeing (sic) her examination of Bastardy but did not do it..” Over several decades as justice of the peace, Matthew […]
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The Very Beginning ..Or How I got so Obsessed with the Colonies..
Posted on April 30, 2011 by James RileyGrowing up, my mother kept a rather large studio (converted from a two car garage) just next to the
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