Let My Love Open the Door: Part One
Get revved up for a romantic Valentine’s Day by reading the exploits of a young man looking for love at … Continue reading Let My Love Open the Door: Part One
From the Diary of Theodora Armington
Written in the late 1880s, this petite diary of Theodora G. (Bowen) Armington (1877-1967) includes almost yearly entries about Thanksgiving … Continue reading From the Diary of Theodora Armington
A Tale of Typhoid
Excerpts from the diary of a Providence lawyer, John C. Pegram, concerning his daughter, Virginia Austin. Monday May 2, 1892 … Continue reading A Tale of Typhoid
Christmas Cheer?
Diary Excerpts from the Rhode Island Historical Society collections. While most diary entries about Christmas are happy remembrances like Sarah … Continue reading Christmas Cheer?
Thanksgiving Reminiscences
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! As we all prepare ourselves for the fun-filled frenzy of family gatherings and eating too much, the … Continue reading Thanksgiving Reminiscences
A perfidious wretch: Hitchcock's sermon on Arnold's treason
By you probably know how much I like the Reverend Enos Hitchcock in all his forms and centuries. We are … Continue reading A perfidious wretch: Hitchcock's sermon on Arnold's treason
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
Faith & Freedom Friday: Enos Hitchcock, Army Chaplain
He was born on March 3, 1744 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and came to Providence after the Revolutionary War. When fighting … Continue reading Faith & Freedom Friday: Enos Hitchcock, Army Chaplain
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
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
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
Somewhere in France…part 2
After the war, Miss Bray compiled notes from her diaries and letters home into a typed manuscript now owned by … Continue reading Somewhere in France…part 2
Sanford Ross, pt. 1
The previous post offered a note on the Thanksgiving celebrations of 1812 in Rhode Island*. That it turns up in … Continue reading Sanford Ross, pt. 1