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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Submitted by the US Department of Labor Anthony Valente, a mine manager at the R. J. Valente Quarry in Grafton, has pled guilty to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Valente admitted to causing Darren Miller’s death in October 2022 by disregarding and overriding safety features of a crane Valente was operating, […]
On Friday through Sunday, May 17th though 19th, The Friends of the New Lebanon Library will host their annual book sale to benefit the New Lebanon Library at the Church of Our Saviour, located at 14660 NY 22. Prices range from 50 cents for a children’s book to $2 for a hardcover. Specialty books will […]
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Submitted by BCS Communications Congratulations to the Berlin Elementary School (BES) Odyssey of the Mind team: Willamina Woodcock, Shayana Peterson, Devlin Maciong-Crimmel, Elizah Harrison, Daniel Hart, and Jacqueline Morstad, along with coaches Mrs. Bersaw, Mrs. Scanlon, and Mrs. Winner. The team won 2nd place in their division for the competition problem posed to them, as […]
Submitted by BCS Communications The following is a letter from Board of Education President Frank Zwack regarding last week’s Board of Education meeting and the budget development process going forward. Dear Members of the Berlin CSD School Community, The Board of Education of the Berlin Central School District has heard, and is responding to the […]