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All Posts for Tag:
"diaries and journals"

Aug 31, 2017
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Battle of Rhode Island (1778)
  • diaries and journals
  • John Sullivan
  • Men's Diaries
  • Noah Robinson
  • Redwood Library & Athenaeum
  • Stephen Hopkins
  • Theodore Foster

Fighting Like Heroes: Accounts of the Battle of R.I., 1778

The Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill, occurred August 29, 1778 in Tiverton, R.I. … Continue reading Fighting Like Heroes: Accounts of the Battle of R.I., 1778

Jun 6, 2013
  • D Day
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Helen Clark Grimes
  • June 6 1944
  • rhode island
  • women authors
  • working women
  • World War II

Object Thursday: D-Day Diary

69 years ago today, the Allies launched the invasion of Europe. Many of us are familiar with D-Day from the … Continue reading Object Thursday: D-Day Diary

Dec 24, 2011
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Valley Forge

Cold Christmas

New England troops had a cold Christmas in 1777 at Valley Forge. Most of us are familiar with the story—ragged, … Continue reading Cold Christmas

Dec 22, 2011
  • 1st Connecticut Regiment
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Ebenezer David
  • Jeremiah Greenman

Fire Cake & Water: Soldiers’ Winter Part III

Perception is reality, but how does a soldier’s own reality color his perception? For Jeremiah Greenman of the 2nd Rhode … Continue reading Fire Cake & Water: Soldiers’ Winter Part III

Dec 15, 2011
  • 1st Connecticut
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Ebenezer David
  • Jeremiah Greenman

Soldiers' Winter Part II

There is yet another Rhode Island record of the events at Fort Mifflin: the letters of Ebenezer David, Chaplain of … Continue reading Soldiers' Winter Part II

Dec 14, 2011
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • connecticut regiment
  • diaries and journals
  • Jeremiah Greenman
  • rhode island
  • whitemarsh pennsylvania

Soldiers’ Winter

Sometimes you find the best things in a random way: thanks to an emailed reference question, I discovered the diary … Continue reading Soldiers’ Winter

Aug 5, 2010
  • diaries and journals
  • ecology
  • maritime
  • providence
  • wonders

Providence WaterFire, 1784

According to the website for Providence’s WaterFire, the summer event requires “hundreds of volunteers” devoting “thousands of hours”. But for … Continue reading Providence WaterFire, 1784

Feb 11, 2010
  • African-American
  • diaries and journals
  • Episcopalian
  • providence
  • religious history

Christ Church Records

With this post we’re beginning what will hopefully become a regular feature, our collection of the month, and our first … Continue reading Christ Church Records

Nov 26, 2009
  • diaries and journals
  • ephemera
  • holidays
  • provenance
  • useful books

Happy Thanks Givin

The image below is taken from a copy of the 1812 New England Almanack. This almanac and a few others … Continue reading Happy Thanks Givin

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