Apparently, “boys will be boys” even in 1850. In preparation for a bang up 4th of July celebration in old Duxbury, a group of teenage boys were soliciting funds to purchase a keg of powder in Boston. The plan was to ship the keg to Duxbury and “make that cannon behind Swift’s Shop ring.” The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Duxbury’
4th of July – 1850 Style
Posted in Collections, tagged Daniel Sampson, Duxbury, Eugene Sampson, July 4th, Sampson Family, Somerset Street, Sprage & Soule on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Dower of Olive Wadsworth
Posted in Collections, tagged Ahira Wadsworth, Benjamin Holmes, Deborah Sprague, Dower rights, Duxbury, Hamilton Wadsworth, Olive Wadsworth, Rufus Holmes on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On a spring day in 1822 young Olive Wadsworth married her distant cousin, Ahira Wadsworth, in Bristol, RI. Both the bride and groom hailed from Duxbury so it is a bit of a mystery as to why they chose to marry out of state but perhaps Ahira, a merchant, had reason to be in that port. [...]
