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"holidays"

Drink in the History: Milk and Cookies with Wright’s Dairy Farm

Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m., for the conclusion of Drink in the … Continue reading Drink in the History: Milk and Cookies with Wright’s Dairy Farm

Dec 11, 2017
  • baking
  • Condgon
  • cooking
  • cooking from the books
  • holidays
  • squirrels
  • women

Ginger Crackers

Holiday cookie edition of our Cooking (from) the Books series This recipe for ginger crackers comes from the Congdon family … Continue reading Ginger Crackers

Nov 21, 2017
  • diaries
  • holidays
  • Netop Nights
  • Thanksgiving
  • women

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

Jul 7, 2017
  • Broadsides
  • Fourth of July
  • George L. Shepley
  • holidays
  • poetry
  • Printing History
  • Private Libraries
  • Shepley Collection
  • Shepley Library

Odes for the Fourth of July, 1796

For this holiday week celebrating the Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776, I delved into the R.I.H.S. collections to … Continue reading Odes for the Fourth of July, 1796

Dec 23, 2015
  • Christmas
  • diaries
  • family
  • holidays

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?

Dec 10, 2015
  • hanukkah
  • holidays
  • Judaica
  • Newport
  • rhode island historical society
  • Solomon Southwick

Happy Hanukkah!: A Lunar Calendar

In celebration of Hanukkah, here’s an important item of Rhode Island Judaica from the R.I.H.S. Collections

Nov 25, 2015
  • diaries
  • holidays
  • Thanksgiving

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

Dec 8, 2009
  • almanacs
  • cooking
  • diaries
  • gender
  • holidays
  • maritime
  • paleoclimatology
  • provenance
  • rhode island
  • useful books
  • War of 1812

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

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

Nov 23, 2009
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • holidays

Charter Day

346 years ago this November 24th, 1663 George Baxter was called before the General Court of Commissioners and asked to … Continue reading Charter Day

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