Companion piece to “Busy as a (Green) Nailer“ [GRANTOR: Newport Green; GRANTEE: Sabin Mann Esqr and Francis Hamant Yeoman, fifteen … More
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BUSY AS A “GREEN” NAILER
[Portrait of Isaac Jefferson (1775-c.1850), Tinsmith, blacksmith and nailer, Enslaved artisan at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (Unattributed)] Excerpt from “THE ROSEHEAD … More
BESS CORBETT, Gone But Not Forgotten
Revised 22 Sept. 2022 Bess Corbett enslaved Mother, Father, siblings too By the “good” doctor. You might never have heard … More
MINISTERING TO THE INDIANS
As many observed Thanksgiving last Thursday, it is important to remember that the original was not celebratory for the Native … More
A REVOLUTION PUT BY THE WAYSIDE
“As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day, When men … More
An Inventory of the Estate of John Corbett Late of Bellingham
An Inventory of the Estate of John Corbett late of Bellingham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, … More
Dick Brattle’s Deposition in the Case of Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham, 16 Mass. 108, 15 Tyng 108 (1819), September 1819 at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts Archives)
Transcription by Susan G. Elliott, 26 August 2022 The transcription follows the photos of the manuscript. I Dick Brattle of … More
Amariah Frost Deposition in the Case of “The Inhabitants of Milford, Massachusetts versus the Inhabitants of Bellingham, Massachusetts”
I Amariah Frost, formerly of Milford in the County of Worcester, but who, since the second Day of Nover Eighteen … More