Ginger Crackers
Holiday cookie edition of our Cooking (from) the Books series This recipe for ginger crackers comes from the Congdon family papers, MSS 363. This handwritten recipe book, ca. 1840 includes … Continue reading
From the Diary of Theodora Armington
Written in the late 1880s, this petite diary of Theodora G. (Bowen) Armington (1877-1967) includes almost yearly entries about Thanksgiving from the age of nine up until her early twenties. … Continue reading
Odes for the Fourth of July, 1796
For this holiday week celebrating the Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776, I delved into the R.I.H.S. collections to find some patriotic treasure. In 1796 this broadside was printed … Continue reading
Christmas Cheer?
Diary Excerpts from the Rhode Island Historical Society collections. While most diary entries about Christmas are happy remembrances like Sarah H. (Hawes) Harris’s of December 25, 1888: “Sophy and the … Continue reading
A Lively Experiment 