An Inspirational Man–Benson J. Lossing
Benson J. Lossing was a man of many talents including watchmaking, writing and engraving, but it was his sense of history that brought him nineteenth century fame. Frederick Gutekunst, 1859 He felt...
View ArticleParty for New York’s Men of Revolution
Several years ago, I came across a notice in New-Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette for August 28, 1845 for a reunion of Revolutionary War veterans taking place in New York City. Daguerreotype of G.W....
View ArticleA Revolutionary Trio: Eleazer Blake
Fitzwilliam and Rindge, New Hampshire are lovely towns situated on country roads. A blurry picture of Revolutionary War veteran, Eleazer Blake led me there. I arrived with Vermissima Productions on a...
View ArticleA Revolutionary Trio: Agrippa Hull
Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It’s a picturesque town in the Berkshires. It is home to the Norman Rockwell Museum and where the sculptor Daniel Chester French once lived. It is also where Revolutionary...
View ArticleA Revolutionary Trio: Molly Ferris Akin
An old Akin Family Association newsletter story mentioned Molly Ferris Akin. Did the young Quaker woman really sneak into the British encampment and fire a musket? If so, then she supposedly alerted...
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