Hello Friends, This spring has been unlike anything any of us have ever experienced. If you had told me in...
October 13, 2020October 15, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part I
Welcome to week 26 of Bidwell Lore! This week we begin a new three-part series, still in the world of Barnabas and...
October 6, 2020October 7, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Mary Bidwell in Saratoga
This week we are sharing a short story containing letters from Mary Gray Bidwell to Barnabas Bidwell that Mary wrote...
September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
Bidwell Lore: Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part III
Welcome to week 24 of Bidwell Lore! We conclude our three-part series about Mary and Barnabas with some wonderfully illustrative letters between...
September 22, 2020September 24, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part II
Welcome to week 23 of Bidwell Lore! Last week we began a three-part series about the lives of Barnabas and Mary. This week...
September 15, 2020September 16, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part I
Last week we shared with you some correspondence between Barnabas and Mary while Barnabas was in Washington and Mary in Stockbridge....
September 8, 2020September 9, 2020
Bidwell Lore – The Correspondence of Barnabas and Mary
Last week we introduced you to Barnabas and Mary Bidwell’s home in Stockbridge, The Elms. In 1806 and 1807, Barnabas spent...
September 1, 2020September 2, 2020
Bidwell Lore – The Elms, The Stockbridge Home of Barnabas and Mary
The Sedgwick Manor, The Elms [1], and Laurel Cottage, although scattered along the fabric of Main Street, have been connected by...
August 25, 2020August 26, 2020
Bidwell Lore: Barnabas’ In-laws, the Gray Family
Bidwell In-laws: The Gray Family Welcome to week 19 of Bidwell Lore! Last week, we introduced you to the most well known...
August 18, 2020August 26, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Introducing Barnabas Bidwell
Welcome to week 18 of Bidwell Lore! Last week we introduced you to Reverend Bidwell’s oldest daughter, Jemima, with a wonderful guest...
August 11, 2020August 26, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Jemima Bidwell Partridge
Welcome to week 17 of Bidwell Lore! Last week, we introduced you to Reverend Bidwell’s youngest daughter, Theodosia, with a wonderful guest...