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William "Henry" Huntington (1820-1885): Paris Correspondent and Antiquities Collector
I thought I was going to NYC this week to look at C. P. and Maria Perit Huntington's youngest son's important collection of Founding...
Maggie Meahl
Feb 195 min read


Exceptional Colonial New Hampshire Farmhouse: Part II
The preserved colonial amenities of this Surry, NH Georgian farmhouse (see Part I) are impressive. The mellowed pumpkin pine floors and...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 262 min read


Field Trip: An Exceptional Colonial Farmhouse in Surry, NH, Part I
Classic New England kitchen hearth New Hampshire style! This room appears to have never been painted , however, at some point a wood...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 213 min read


New England Farm Life: A Field Trip to Old Sturbridge Village and Photo Dump
What was nineteenth-century New England farmlife like?
Maggie Meahl
Nov 23, 20242 min read


Bankruptcies, Early Deaths, and More: C.P. and Maria Huntington's Merchant Sons
The pious and "steady habits" lifestyle of Norwich Huntingtons would be smashed by the rough and tumble risks of New York City.
Maggie Meahl
Oct 28, 20244 min read


Field Trip: Three-Quarter Cape Cod House
Some people say that if you want to be a serious writer you have to say "no" to friends, parties, family, etc. I just can't seem to do...
Maggie Meahl
Jul 8, 20241 min read


Field Trip: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
Recently I had the chance to go down to Connecticut to do some more research at the newly-re-branded Connecticut Museum of Culture and...
Maggie Meahl
Jul 17, 20232 min read


Sachem Uncas, the Mohegan and Norwich in the Seventeenth Century
It is not right to write about the speed in which the English Puritans were settling Connecticut (and profiting from the land) without...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 5, 20225 min read

What the Simon Huntington, Jr. House Might Have Looked Like Inside
Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting The White-Ellery House, c. 1710, located at the end of Route 128, right off the rotary, across...
Maggie Meahl
Oct 9, 20213 min read


Simon Huntington, Jr.(1659-1736) and Lydia Gager Huntington(1663-1737): Pious Bartenders
Simon Huntington, Jr. (1659-1736) and Lydia Gager Huntington (1663-1737) are perhaps a good representation of successful third generation...
Maggie Meahl
Sep 27, 20213 min read


Margaret Barrett Huntington Stoughton (1595-1665): Daily Life in 1636 Matianuck/Windsor, CT
This is an updated post on Margaret. I will be speaking about her next Saturday, August 3, 2024 at The Huntington Homestead Museum at 1...
Maggie Meahl
Apr 1, 20213 min read


Field Trip: The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Motherhood continues to take priority over my research and writing. It frustrates me, but I feel my young adult children do need me...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 25, 20212 min read

Rattlesnakes, Norwich, and Simon Huntington IV
It's been over a month since my last post. The pandemic has definitely stifled my writing impulses due to loss of routine, everyone at...
Maggie Meahl
Jul 24, 20202 min read


Apple Orchards, the Reverend John Eliot and 1633 Roxbury, MA
It is hard to overestimate how important seeds, tree grafts, and plant specimens were to the Puritans who came to Massachusetts Bay...
Maggie Meahl
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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