Geo P. Comes Back Home
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brook
Sunday, March 7, 1847: I walked to Pool Hill Post Office but no letters.
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Geo P. Comes Back Home
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brook
Sunday, March 7, 1847: I walked to Pool Hill Post Office but no letters.
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Collecting For Last Summer’s Cow
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Wednesday, Feb 17, 1847: This evening Ezra Sackett and his mother came to my house.
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Raising Money For A Bell
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Wednesday, February 10, 1847: This morning I rode to Pittsfield with Simeon Wylie Jnr on a wood shod pung.
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The “Boosums” That George Mentions
Diary by George Holcomb
by Alex Brooks
The “boosums” the Holcomb women make for concerns in Troy were shirt bosoms, a shirt front made of fancy material to be worn on formal occasions.
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Trips To See The Rev. E.C. Hughes
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Thursday, January 28, 1847: This forenoon and this afternoon I and my son John F. walked over to the Presbyterian Meeting House and heard a discourse delivered on Rechabites by the Rev. E.C. Hughes. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Universalist Preacher Comes To The Lecture Room
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Friday, December 25, 1846: This forenoon John Conklin butchered two pigs and a sheep for us and I agreed to take my team and draw wood for him to pay him and this afternoon I took my cutter and my wife with me.
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The Lecturer Is Caught In A Snowstorm
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, December 14, 1846: This forenoon I took my one horse sleigh and carried another one horse sleigh that the shoe had broken or wore in two.
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A Large Sale of Pork
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, November 30, 1846: This morning at four o’clock I and Geo P. started with the two horse sleigh.
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by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
All Democrats But The Anti-Rent Governor
Saturday, October 31, 1846: Today I took my one horse wagon and carried my wife to Jerry Vary’s.
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Trading Turnips
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Saturday October 24, 1846: I cleared out the cider house for making cider and Mr. Russel made cider and this week Patrick the Irishman continued to work for me ditching.
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Legislature Announces Annual Electronics Recycling Day Recycling Event will be held at East Greenbush County Offices Rensselaer County Legislature Press Release Chairwoman of the Legislature Kelly Hoffman proudly announces that the annual Electronics Recycling Event will be held at the new County Office Building at 99 Troy Rd in East Greenbush on Saturday, April 5th […]
GRAFTON – Isabelle Elizabeth (Miller) Boomhower, 84, died peacefully in her home on Friday, March 7, 2025 with her family at her side. She was born in Pittsfield, MA on July 10, 1940, the daughter of the late George and Janette (O’Brien) Miller. Isabelle was raised in Hancock, MA where she worked on a farm […]
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Berlin-New Lebanon Varsity Swim Berlin Central School Communications Department The BNL Varsity Swim Team ended their regular season at the Berkshire Individuals, with all eight teams facing off. Before the meet started the Berkshire Officials awarded the BNL Varsity Swim Team with the Outstanding Sportsmanship Award. The team started off strong with You must be logged […]
Hoosick Falls Central School Communications Department Recently, Hoosick Falls Central School 3rd and 4th grade students attended a “Birds of Prey” assembly presented by the Wildlife Institute of Eastern New York. Presenters Trish Marki and Delaney Dyer shared their knowledge with the students and students got to see five raptors right in the high school […]
Hoosick Falls Bowling Submitted by James Lynch On Tuesday, January 28th, the Hoosick Falls bowling team defeated Berlin-New Lebanon 5-0 in a home match at the Barbecue Recreation. The Panthers finished with a total of 3682 pins to Berlin-New Lebanon’s 2853. Hoosick Falls junior Hailey Bedford 267-749 led all bowlers while Noah Bonesteel 206-528 led […]