The Ramsdell Place

Formerly the home of Samuel Whittemore, Sr.

From The New Ipswich Papers 1936

From a collection of Papers Written for the Historical Society of New Ipswich, New Hampshire and Read at Society Meetings - Compiled and Edited by Mrs. Abbie L. Phelps

Ramsdell Place

 THE RAMSDELL PLACE near No. 4 Schoolhouse has had its day as a Tavern. It was formerly the home of Samuel Whittemore, Sr., but one Silas Bigelow of Ashburnham bought it in 1786, enlarged it, and became Inn Holder there. Mr. Bigelow died in 1797 and his widow afterwards married Zaccheus Walker, great great grandfather of the present generation of Walkers in town. After his marriage to the widow Bigelow, Mr. Walker is supposed to have lived and died in the old Tavern house but is not thought to have kept it as such. The Historical Society have an ancient sign used at one time by Joseph Newell during his ownership of Clark's Hotel, and sometime this sign was used as such at the Bigelow Tavern, for upon looking at it closely the name Bigelow can still be seen under a thin coat of paint.

Tricnit

From a collection of Thayer family photos donated by Dennis Gauvin to the New Ipswich Historical Society. Undated photo.

Formulas

Stephen A. Thayer’s “One Hundred Formulas” was published in 1883. It contains recipes from everything from printing ink to pain killers. An Oriental soap recipe.

WARNING: Please don’t try any of these “remedies”, many contain ingredients which have been shown to be harmful. Many of these contain various compounds of mercury.

James Roger diary entry

December 12, 1908 (Saturday)

Frosty, Cloudy, About 5 inches of snow on the ground, wind variable, threatening snow at night.  David at Lonie’s in forenoon and out with the snow plough over the sidewalks in afternoon, also helping Daniel to fix storm windows at Spofford’s. I shoveled walks in forenoon, and fixed Church in afternoon.  Lit fire and cleared snow from porches.  Meeting at Miss Lee’s tonight about “Farrar Tablet”

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