Oyster Fight!
Posted on December 1, 2011 by James RileyRe-printed from the New Hampshire Gazette April 19, 1771 Newport, Rhode Island – March 11, 1771: We are informed, that one day last week, 3 or 4 small boats from Warren, went up Providence River to catch Oysters, which the Providence people resenting, between thirty and forty persons went down in a fleet of boats […]Continue Reading »
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Thanksgiving
Posted on November 21, 2011 by James RileyI’m trying to get a sense of what a New Hampshire Thanksgiving might have looked like in November of 1770. Bear in mind, how particular I am about the date itself. 1770. There’s a tendency to lump “the colonies” into a big basket containing everything from Jamestown in 1607 to the conclusion of […]Continue Reading »
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