In April 2020, we introduced our history series, Bidwell Lore. In this feature, we share stories about the Bidwell Family, the history of the land around the Museum, and life in the 18th and 19th century Berkshires. Weekly installments are included in our e-newsletters (you can sign up on our homepage: https://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/), and are available for further reading here on our website.
Below, you will find a list of the linked articles, starting with the earliest one. On our Bidwell Lore page, https://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/blog/, you will find them listed with the most recent at the top. You can also use the search bar on the upper right to search for specific names or subjects.
Why Should We Care About History?
Adonijah Bidwell
From England to the Colonies in 1630
Adonijah’s Ancestors
Old Light New Light
1745 Expedition to Cape Breton
Rev. Adonijah Bidwell and the Siege of Louisbourg
Louisbourg Falls
The Last Skirmish of King Philip’s War, 1676, Part I
The Last Skirmish of King Philip’s War, 1676, Part II
The Wives of Adonijah Bidwell, Part I
The Wives of Adonijah Bidwell, Part II
Jemima Bidwell’s Wedding Pewter
Adonijah Bidwell, Jr.
Stories of Adonijah Bidwell, Jr.
The Mayflower Connection
Theodosia Bidwell Brewer
Jemima Bidwell Partridge
Introducing Barnabas Bidwell
Barnabas’ In-laws, the Gray Family
The Elms, The Stockbridge Home of Barnabas and Mary
The Correspondence of Barnabas and Mary
Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part I
Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part II
Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part III
Mary Bidwell in Saratoga
Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part I
Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part II
Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part III
Collections Focus – Portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell, Part I
Collections Focus – Portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell, Part II
Collections Focus – Portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell, Part III
Barnabas Bidwell and Thomas Jefferson
Barnabas Bidwell and James Madison
Barnabas Flees to Canada
Barnabas’ Time In Canada
Farewell to Barnabas
Muh-he-con-neok or “People of the Waters that are never still,” Part I
Muh-he-con-neok or “People of the Waters that are never still,” Part II
The Mythology of Indiantown
Indian Town’s Mohican Burying Ground
Magnificent Mohicans, Part I: John Konkapot and John Wauwaumpequunnaunt
Magnificent Mohicans, Part II: Daniel Ninham and Umpachenee
Magnificent Mohicans, Part III: “King” Solomon Uhhaunauwaunmut and Hendrick Aupaumut
Magnificent Mohicans Part IV: John Waunnacon Quinney and Mary Peters Doxtator
1766 Mohican Wisdom on a Life Well Lived
Serendipity, General George Washington, an 1100-pound Ox, Stockbridge Mohican Sachem Solomon Uhhaunnuhwaunnuhmut, and Seeking a Needle in a Haystack
Timothy Woodbridge, Part I
Timothy Woodbridge, Part II
A Second Meeting House, a Mohican Burial Ground, and an Arboretum
A Second Meeting House and a Mohican Burial Ground
Dr. Oliver Partridge and The Indian Burial Ground
The Dispossession of the Mohican Land in Stockbridge, Part I
Dispossession of Mohican Land, Part II
The Mohicans Today
Repatriating Stockbridge Mohican History One Document at a Time
The Plan For The City On The Hill
Correcting Persistent Myths and Linguistic Bad Habits
Early History of the Mohicans
Mohican Territory and Loss of the Homeland
The Mohican Nation and Removals Westward
The Founding of the City on the Hill, Part I
The Founding of the City on the Hill, Part II: Roads and Mills
The Founding of the City on the Hill Part III: The Meeting House and the Minister
The Founding of the City on the Hill Part III: The Meeting House and the Minister, continued
A New Minister for Township #1
The Meeting House, Part I
The Meeting House, Part II
Reenacting an Early American Life, Part I
Reenacting an Early American Life, Part II
Reenacting an Early American Life, Part III
Reenacting an Early American Life, Part IV
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Laurel Cottage, Part I
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Laurel Cottage, Part II
Laurel Cottage’s Four-Star History
Laurel Cottage and the Bidwell Connections
Letters from the Bidwell Family
Binney and Sampson: Further out on the Limbs of the Bidwell Family Tree
Deborah Sampson: Revolutionary Soldier and Revolutionary Woman
Major General John Paterson
Thomas Allen and the Stockbridge Mohicans at the Battle of Bennington
George and Austin Bidwell: the Bank of England and the Primrose Path, Part I
George and Austin Bidwell: the Bank of England and the Primrose Path, Part II
George and Austin Bidwell: the Bank of England and the Primrose Path, Part III
The Warning Out List in Stockbridge, Part I
The Warning Out List in Stockbridge, Part II
The Warning Out List in Stockbridge, Part III
The Warning Out List in Stockbridge, Part IV
Widow Bingham’s Tavern, Part I
Widow Bingham’s Tavern, Part II
Widow Bingham’s Tavern, Part III
Widow Bingham’s Tavern, Part IV
Widow Bingham’s Tavern, Part V
Widow Bingham’s Tavern, Part VI
The Founding of Monterey, Part I
The Founding of Monterey, Part II
The Three Codes of Adonijah Bidwell, Part I
The Three Codes of Adonijah Bidwell, Part II
Captain William Goodrich, Part I
Captain William Goodrich, Part II
Captain William Goodrich, Part III
Captain William Goodrich, Part IV
Captain William Goodrich, Part V
Captain William Goodrich, Part VI
Captain William Goodrich, Part VII
An Oration by Barnabas Bidwell, 1795, Part I
An Oration by Barnabas Bidwell, Part II
An Oration by Barnabas Bidwell, Part III
An Oration by Barnabas Bidwell, Part IV
An Oration by Barnabas Bidwell, Part V
An Oration by Barnabas Bidwell, Part VI
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part I
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part II
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part III
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part IV
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part V
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part VI
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part VII
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part VIII
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part IX
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part X
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part XI
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part XII
The Dispossession of Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part XIII
Colonel Giles Jackson
Nathan Jackson
Would We Have Florida Without Barnabas Bidwell?
Brewer, Field, and Brown: Elm Street to the U.S. Supreme Court
Introducing Agrippa Hull
Agrippa Hull and Jonathan Edwards
Joab Benney in Stockbridge
An Indian Town Recap
Joab Benney’s Property in Stockbridge
Life with Joab Benney
Bathsheba and Philemon
The Division of Land Around Lake Agawam
The Disposition of Joab Benney’s Land
Agrippa Hull and General John Paterson
Agrippa Hull and Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Agrippa Hull’s War Experience
The End of Agrippa’s War Experience
Agrippa Hull and Shays’ Rebellion
Agrippa Hull and the Sedgwick Family
The Wives of Agrippa Hull
The Sedgwicks and the Bidwells
The Sedgwick Family
Agrippa Hull Becomes a Landowner
Agrippa’s Land in Stockbridge
Agrippa Purchases More Land
The Deed History of Agrippa’s Land
The Deed History of Agrippa’s Land, Continued
Agrippa Purchases More Land
The Home of Elizabeth Freeman
Agrippa Hull Purchases Land from Abraham Bennet
Margaret Hull and Agrippa’s Military Pension
More on Agrippa’s Military Pension, Part I
More on Agrippa’s Military Pension, Part II
Selectmen’s Records, 1792-1830, Part I
Selectmen’s Records, 1792-1830, Part II
Agrippa in the News
Peggy Hull and Joab Kellis
Peggy Hull and Morris Potter
Visiting Evergreen Hill
The Death of Margaret Hull
Agrippa Hull’s Will
Agrippa’s Probate Inventory
Saying Goodbye to Agrippa Hull