Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 168! This week we have a short post about the end of the life of Margaret Hull. Our Annual Appeal campaign is underway! Your support allows the Museum to produce this newsletter, create engaging history programs, and maintain this beautiful house and property. Click HERE to donate today and select Annual...
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Bidwell Lore – Peggy Hull and Morris Potter
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 166! This week we will share some deeds pertaining to the sale of Agrippa’s land holdings after he died. November is a month of Candlelight Tours of the Bidwell House Museum! On these special guided tours, you can learn about various aspects of the Museum collection from a series of local experts...
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Bidwell Lore – Peggy Hull and Joab Kellis
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 165! This week we will talk about the property Peggy Hull inherited from Agrippa and her boarder, Joab Kellis. November is a month of Candlelight Tours of the Bidwell House Museum! On these special guided tours you can learn about various aspects of the Museum collection from a series of local experts and then...
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Bidwell Lore – More On Agrippa’s Military Pension, Part I
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 160! This week we look at some of the paperwork that Agrippa, and later Margaret, had to submit to receive his military pension. More on Agrippa’s Military PensionRick Wilcox, 2022 This week we are going to dig into the paperwork both Agrippa and Margaret had to submit to prove that he did deserve...
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Bidwell Lore – Margaret Hull and Agrippa’s Military Pension
Agrippa’s Military PensionRick Wilcox, 2022 Further to our story from last week about Agrippa’s land holdings and mortgage, we have the below from Lion Miles. “From 1801 to 1817 Agrippa owned a home lot of 2 ½ acres near Konkapot Brook and a farm of 9 ¼ acres on Cherry Hill Road, where he seemed...