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New England Farm Life: A Field Trip to Old Sturbridge Village and Photo Dump
What was nineteenth-century New England farmlife like?

Maggie Meahl
Nov 23, 20242 min read


Bankruptcies, Early Deaths, and More: C.P. and Maria Huntington's Merchant Sons
The pious and "steady habits" lifestyle of Norwich Huntingtons would be smashed by the rough and tumble risks of New York City.

Maggie Meahl
Oct 28, 20244 min read


Field Trip! The Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum, Surrounding Countryside and Misc.
Went to Connecticut in early August. I had a packed agenda including a presentation at the historic Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum...

Maggie Meahl
Aug 25, 20242 min read


Field Trip: Three-Quarter Cape Cod House
Some people say that if you want to be a serious writer you have to say "no" to friends, parties, family, etc. I just can't seem to do...

Maggie Meahl
Jul 8, 20241 min read


Upcoming Presentation: The Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
I am happy and honored to be speaking at the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum on Saturday, August 3rd at 1P.M.: 36 Huntington Road,...

Maggie Meahl
Jul 1, 20241 min read


Norwich's Washington Street, Then and Now
"Norwich" was the traditional land inhabited by Eastern North American indigenous groups, including the Mohegan tribe. They struck a deal...

Maggie Meahl
Mar 24, 20242 min read


Jenny, Zina, and Zilpah: Wealth-Makers for Eastern Connecticut Patriot Enslaver Families
There is one Black woman, in the mid-eighteenth century Huntington-family orbit, who had children and contributed greatly to Huntington...

Maggie Meahl
Jan 18, 20245 min read


Andrew Huntington (1745-1824): Revolutionary War Commissary Helps Sickly French Troops
I still continue to slowly wade my way through my book. Have had an extremely busy year of shoulder surgery, travel, and family business. The Revolutionary War chapters are the most challenging because there are a lot of documents to sift through, prioritize, and analyze. Andrew (1745-1824), was the second of Jabez' five sons (Jedediah, Andrew, Joshua, Ebenezer, and Zechariah) and the only one to not have an active-duty military career during the war. He was, however, a reso

Maggie Meahl
Oct 22, 20236 min read


Field Trip: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
Recently I had the chance to go down to Connecticut to do some more research at the newly-re-branded Connecticut Museum of Culture and...

Maggie Meahl
Jul 17, 20232 min read


Field Trip: Early Seventeenth-Century Norwich, England (Part I)
MARGARET BARET HUNTINGTON STOUGHTON (1595-1665) GREW UP AND RAISED HER OWN CHILDREN HERE. After waiting through the pandemic, I finally...

Maggie Meahl
May 1, 20232 min read
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