Category Archives: USA

Nature’s Freezer

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

Quick Quotes 18. The following is taken from Travels in Lower Canada, by Joseph Sansom (1820): Quebec is subjected to frequent rains, by the neighbouring mountains which arrest the clouds in its vicinity; and it has little to boast of … Continue reading →

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Beauty and Misery

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

Quick Quotes 17. The following is taken from Travels in Lower Canada, by Joseph Sansom (1820): On my return toward Quebec, I proceeded more leisurely than I had done in coming down, and now found time to admire the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Children’s Christmas Letters 5

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

Christmas History 32.  Recently on Windows into History we have been looking at some letters from children published in a January 1910 edition of the Iowa Homestead, writing about how they spent their Christmas.  The following is one last selection: My … Continue reading →

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Children’s Christmas Letters 4

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

Christmas History 31.  Recently on Windows into History we have been looking at some letters from children published in a January 1910 edition of the Iowa Homestead, writing about how they spent their Christmas.  The following is another selection: I am … Continue reading →

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Children’s Christmas Letters 3

Posted on December 14, 2017 by

Christmas History 30.  Recently on Windows into History we have been looking at some letters from children published in a January 1910 edition of the Iowa Homestead, writing about how they spent their Christmas.  The following is another selection: Christmas was … Continue reading →

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Children’s Christmas Letters 2

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

Christmas History 29.  Last time we looked at some letters from children published in a January 1910 edition of the Iowa Homestead.  The following is another, heartwarming selection: Christmas eve we were surprised with a Christmas tree. There were about … Continue reading →

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Children’s Christmas Letters

Posted on December 7, 2017 by

Christmas History 28.  In January 1910 the Iowa Homestead published some letters from children, all writing about how they had spent their Christmas.  Be prepared to go “awww”. This is Christmas Day, and I cannot get out and I thought … Continue reading →

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