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1942. Obituary. Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 22 January 1942, page 21.

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The Bellingham Herald (Fairhaven and Whatcom, Washington) 24 April 1906. p. 1



Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts) 21 March 1832, page 3


Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, New York) 29 December 1818, page 4


New Hampshire Republican (Dover, New Hampshire) 25 January 1825, page 10


Wikipedia


Boston Centennial (Boston, Massachusetts) 5 August 1818, page 1

“The writer of this shed tears to hear him … recount the sufferings and privations he endured while fighting for liberty.”

New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New Hampshire)8 May 1851, page 2


• Nathaniel Hayford• One of the last living soldiers from the Battle

of Bunker Hill – 17 June 1776• Survived by his wife – “the partner of his

youth”• He was 96 years old when he died - 1851• Annual Town Meetings – blessing of liberty


• Battle of Lexington & Concord

• Served 5 years• Most of the principal

battles• Battle of Bunker Hill


Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts) 15 July 1851, page 3


• Battle of Concord• “on Bunker Hill, but not

in the engagement”

Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts) 15 July 1851, page 3


New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) 23 April 1850, page 2


Thomas Hill: • Battle of Lexington & Concord - 14-year-old boy

• Battle of Bunker Hill “with his father and eldest brother Abraham.”

• They were part of “the volunteer minute men who fought.”

• He went on to fight in “two campaigns in the Jerseys and New York.”


New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) 23 April 1850, page 2


“Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that famous day and year.”

Longfellow published his poem in January 1861, just 10 years after Thomas Hill & Nathaniel

Hayford died.


Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts) 31 July 1840, page 2


The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington)5 March 1991. p. A4


Morning Olympian (Olympia, Washington)1 May 1910. p. 4



Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 1 May 1931, page 1, 8


• Started – 1 Nov 1889• Carrier #1• Retired - 1 May 1931• 4 deliveries a day



• Started – 1 Nov 1889• Carrier #1• Retired - 1 May 1931• 4 deliveries a day• Tough Winter Snow



North Street BridgeStamford, Connecticut


• Started – 1 Nov 1889• Carrier #1• Retired - 1 May 1931• 4 deliveries a day• Tough Winter Snow• Flood – Delivered Mail

by boat



Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 13 March 1874, page 3 - age 36


Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 14 September 1877, page 2 - age 40


New York Herald (New York City, New York) 19 August 1894 section 3 page 1 - age 48


Argus (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 13 November 1872 page 4 - age 36

• Found a “stampless” letter from Jonathan Huse to his “aged mother Anne” – written in 1809


• Letter mentioned that the “5 children” were doing fine.

• Letter did not name the children



Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 17 March 1825 - age 17

• Sarah Araline Huse

• Made in 1813 – age 6



• Return Jonathan Meigs (1764-1825)

• Governor of Ohio• Postmaster General of

the United States• US Senator

Wikipedia


• Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823)

• Colonel, Continental Army

• Federal Indian Agent

Wikipedia


New York Herald Tribune (New York City, New York ) 21 October 1891


• General John Stark (1788-1822)

• “Live Free or Die”• Continental Army

Wikipedia


FamilySearch


Massachusetts Spy (Boston, Massachusetts) 18 February 1824, page 3


The Evening Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana)2 December 1856. p. 4


Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, Alabama) 5 November 1881, page 1


Wikipedia


Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)30 May 1915 Section 3, page 9


• “The Starbird Children“• Clarissa (Peters) Russell• Painted in 1841

• Henry E. Starbird, age 10• Caroline M. Starbird, age 8• Louis D. Starbird, age 5

Metropolitan Museum of Art


Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, Massachusetts) 13 February 1888, page 1


Boston Daily Atlas (Boston, Massachusetts) 12 May 1847, page 1


Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, Massachusetts) 29 July 1850, page 3


Boston Evening Journal (Boston, Massachusetts) 15 April 1884, page 1


Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts) 17 September 1926, page 2


The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington)22 September 1975. p. 8

Jon Lynn Bergland died in a car accident at the age of 19.

This letter was found by his parents among his possessions.


The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington)22 September 1975. p. 8


Patriot (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 22 January 1908, page 6


Lorine Massey – Facebook – Marcia Amanda (Young) Richmond’s Recipe for Popovers

• Captain Elisha Smith

• Family records said that he lived in New Hampton, New Hampshire

• Task: Find his obituary


American Advocate (Hallowell, Maine) 16 April 1825, page 3


• Age 74• 1751 – 1825• Living in Lyman, Maine?


New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New Hampshire) 7 July 1834. page 3


Boston Journal (Boston, Massachusetts)23 July 1913. p. 12


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1942. Obituary. Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 22 January 1942, page 21.

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