Biography of Roxana Brown Walbridge Watts 1802-1862, her life in Peacham Vermont mined from a rich lode of primary material--letters, diaries, and photographs. Letters from her 6 children, 3 who moved to the midswest, two who fought in the Civil War, a daughter who left to work in the Lowell textile mills and a daughter who attended Mount Holyoke Seminary. Their writings included matters of national significance, the westward migration, the temperance and abolitionist movements, mechanizing farm life, and the increase of secularization. A fascinating portrait of an American family caught up...
Biography of Roxana Brown Walbridge Watts 1802-1862, her life in Peacham Vermont mined from a rich lode of primary material--letters, diaries, and pho...
On July 29, 1849, after an eight-year courtship, two young schoolteachers were married in a small town in northern Vermont. Their story could easily have been lost to history, except that Alfred and Chastina Rix had the foresight to begin recording their observations in a joint journal. Their unique husband-and-wife account, which captures the turbulence of life and events during the gold rush era, is also a personal--and compelling--chronicle of a singular family's separation and reunion.
When the Rixes began their journal, abolition, temperance, and the westward movement dominated...
On July 29, 1849, after an eight-year courtship, two young schoolteachers were married in a small town in northern Vermont. Their story could easily h...
