Porch & Pigs in the Cellar: Continued
Privy on the Porch & Pigs in the Cellar Part Three follows the extended Bullard family from 1836 - 1849, encompassing not only farm life in eastern Massachusetts but also an eyewitness account of the Creek Trail of Tears in Alabama, There are love letters between Thomas Westbrook Waldron, first U. S. Consul to Hong Kong and the woman he never married, Frances Sargent. Frances Sargent would later marry John Anson Bullard.
Privy on the Porch & Pigs in the Cellar Part Four begins in 1850. At mid-century, Henry and and his wife Bethia had four children under the age of eleven. A busy Holliston household included “old people, children, menservants, women-servants, and frequent guests”. Prior to the coming of the railroad to Holliston it had taken Henry seven hours by wagon (in good weather) to reach Quincy Market, twenty-five miles away in Boston. He often left Holliston late, the night before, in order to reach the market early in the morning. During the 1840's Henry and his brother Anson had foreseen the market advantages the railroad would bring. Henry had expanded the farm orchard, expanded the livestock and dairy herds and the brothers had invested heavily in the railroads and real estate. By mid-century, Henry began to consider life as a gentleman farmer.
Privy on the Porch & Pigs in the Cellar; Parts 1, 2, & 3 are available as ebooks now and all of the books will eventually be ebooks, as well as print books.
All the print books and ebooks are available here: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Lettersfromtheattic and will be available on Amazon and accessed on an iPad soon. In fact, I think Part One can already be accessed on an iPad.
Part Five (coming soon) will cover the Civil War.
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