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Muster Field Farm
Civilian military duty in New Hampshire was required by law until 1851, when the state had 42 regiments. Local companies of militia would gather annually for parade and inspection at their regiment's fall muster -- often involving a thousand or more men from half a dozen towns. Food and alcohol vendors, showmen, fiddlers, auctioneers, charlatans, gamblers, and several thousand spectators turned these gatherings into regional festivals in an era of few such diversions. Muster days thus structured social interactions among a regiment's towns in ways not duplicated since.
Muster Field Farm Museum's
HARVEY TAVERN SINGERS
proudly present
UNH Cooperative Extension
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Books and CDs
To order books and cds, please contact MainStreet BookEnds of Warner, NH:
PHONE: 603-456-2700
Preserving Old Barns is available directly from UNH Cooperative Extension. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page for ordering information.
Muster Days at Muster Field Farm
New Hampshire's Muster Day Tradition 1787-1850
by Jack Noon
by Jack Noon
Price: $25.00 (includes $5 shipping and handling)
Civilian military duty in New Hampshire was required by law until 1851, when the state had 42 regiments. Local companies of militia would gather annually for parade and inspection at their regiment's fall muster -- often involving a thousand or more men from half a dozen towns. Food and alcohol vendors, showmen, fiddlers, auctioneers, charlatans, gamblers, and several thousand spectators turned these gatherings into regional festivals in an era of few such diversions. Muster days thus structured social interactions among a regiment's towns in ways not duplicated since.Out of Tin Boxes
Price: $24.95 (includes $5 shipping and handling)
Now available by local author Carlton Bradford, Out Of Tin Boxes provides a detailed look at some interesting aspects of this branch of the Harvey family such as:
- Matthew Harvey's devastating fire and rebuilding of the Harvey Tavern
- Matthew's 1799 will and inventory listing possessions a wealthy farmer of the time owned
- Matthew's quarrel with the New London Baptist church and decision to build not one but two meeting houses in Sutton
- The 1811 seventeen day horse and buggy trip with Jonathan and Ruth's uncle Jacob for his cure at Saratoga Springs from North Sutton, accounted in four letters sent back to his wife Ruth
- Matthew II and Jonathan's trips to Washington City in the time of Adams and Jackson
- Read Matthew II's inaugural speech in 1830 on becoming Governor of NH
- Matthew II's will and discover that two on his grandsons fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side
History in Song
Price: $20.00 (includes $5 shipping and handling)
Muster Field Farm Museum'sHARVEY TAVERN SINGERS
proudly present
HISTORY IN SONG
a musical collection of 18th Century & Civil War songs
a musical collection of 18th Century & Civil War songs
Preserving Old Barns
Price: $19.95 (includes $4.95 shipping and handling)
UNH Cooperative Extensionproudly presents
PRESERVING OLD BARNS
PREVENTING THE LOSS OF A VALUABLE RESOURCE
PREVENTING THE LOSS OF A VALUABLE RESOURCE
by John C. Porter
Extension Specialist - Dairy
UNH Cooperative Extension
Extension Specialist - Dairy
UNH Cooperative Extension
and Francis E. Gilman
Extension Agricultural Engineer, Emeritus
UNH Cooperative Extension
Extension Agricultural Engineer, Emeritus
UNH Cooperative Extension