Welcome to installment 240 of Bidwell Lore! This week we conclude our two-part essay about a home in England named Bidwell Barton, that may have been inhabited by16th century ancestors of Adonijah Bidwell. As we mentioned in the previous Bidwell Lore, back in March we were contacted by the owner of a property in Devon that was once...
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Bidwell Lore – The English Bidwell House, Part I
Welcome to installment 239 of Bidwell Lore! This week we begin a two part essay about a home in England named Bidwell Barton, that may have been inhabited by16th century ancestors of Adonijah Bidwell. In March of this year the Museum was contacted by a woman in England who lives in Newton St. Cyres, a small town...
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Bidwell Lore – What Was On Reverend Bidwell’s Bookshelf, Part III
Welcome to installment 238 of Bidwell Lore! This week we conclude our 3-part series written by Bidwell summer intern Nadia Makuc, who recently graduated from Princeton with a degree in Classics. In these posts we have been exploring Adonijah Bidwell’s library and learning a little more about reading and book collecting in the 19th century. We began this series discussing Reverend Bidwell’s education,...
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Bidwell Lore – What Was On Reverend Bidwell’s Bookshelf, Part II
Welcome to installment 237 of Bidwell Lore! This week, we continue with our three-part series written by Bidwell summer intern Nadia Makuc, who recently graduated from Princeton with a degree in Classics. In these posts, we will explore Adonijah Bidwell’s library and learn a little more about reading and book collecting in the 19th century. Two weeks ago, we began...
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Bidwell Lore – What Was on Reverend Bidwell’s Bookshelf?
Part I – Educationby Nadia Makuc In Reverend Adonijah Bidwell’s probate inventory (1784) – which comprises the blueprint for the collection of the Bidwell House Museum today and serves as a freeze-frame of life in the late eighteenth century – he is recorded as having just more than 45 pounds and four shillings worth of...
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Bidwell Lore – Monterey Schooling in the 18th Century, Part II
Welcome to installment 221 of Bidwell Lore! This week we conclude a 2-part series about schooling in 18th century Monterey. These articles were originally written by Rob Hoogs for the Monterey Historical Society and published in the Monterey News. We are very happy to be able to reproduce them here for all of you! To read Part I of this...
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Bidwell Lore – Monterey Schooling in the 18th Century
Welcome to Bidwell Lore! This week we start a 2-part series about schooling in 18th century Monterey. This article was originally written by Rob Hoogs for the Monterey Historical Society and published in the Monterey News. We are very happy to be able to reproduce it here for all of you! One of the benefits of...
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Bidwell Lore – The Township #1 Meeting House: Who Sat Where?
Welcome to installment 209 of Bidwell Lore! Over the last several weeks, we have been sharing a series about the 18th Meeting House used by Adonijah Bidwell, originally published in 2021. Today, we are sharing the seating chart for the 1800 Meeting House, a topic we did not touch on during the original series. The first Meeting...
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Bidwell Lore – The Liberty Pole
Welcome to Bidwell Lore! This week, we are sharing a short post about Liberty Poles, a form of rebellion used during the American Revolution. We have installed our own replica Liberty Pole this year and you can read all about it below. The Liberty Pole by Rob Hoogs Beginning in 1766, raising a Liberty Pole symbolized dissent...
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Bidwell Lore – The First Christmas Tree in Monterey
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 196. In honor of the season, we wanted to share a wonderful and timely Bidwell family letter about the first Christmas tree in Monterey. A Christmas Letter from Marshall Spring Bidwell, Jr., to Alice Cecelia Bidwell We were reminded recently of a letter sent by Marshall Spring Bidwell (1835-1877) in which...