Index of subjects 

Notes from the Firehouse and “Findlings” (short essays)

Some articles are entered under more than one subject heading.

2019 - Jan 2024

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Annisquam Events
The Hooked Rug & A Concord Stagecoach Nov.2019
Homeward-Bound (return of articles from CAM) Mar.2020
Mystery Marker Apr. 2020
The Fireman's Other Ball Aug.2020
Yellow Legs & Duck Tales (Autumn bird hunting) Oct. 2020
"Rice's Ice has Lice" (Annisquam Ice Company) Apr. 2021
Hurricane Carol, 1954; Part one May 2021
Hurricane Carol, 1954; Part two: Ah Yes, I Remember it well May 2021
Questions, Donations & Historical Traces Sept 2022
Gloucester's 350th Birthday & Harry Gage from Annisquam Dec. 2022
A Treasure Trove of Folly Cove Nov. 2023
Annisquam Stagecoach
The Annisquam Stagecoach: A special painting by Harry Gage Sep. 2019
A Concord Stagecoach in New Zealand Jan. 2020
There and Back Again: A Very Long Journey Dec. 2020
James A. Cunningham & The Squam Stagecoach Dec. 2020
Where on Earth is the Squam Stage? Apr. 2023
Boats and Ships
What Floats Your Boat? (Dredging) July 2020
Belle Gilmore July 2020
The Little Giant Nov. 2020
U.S.S. Kearsarge Nov. 2020
Captain Davis Upsets the Ladies of Cambridge Ave. Apr. 2021
Ferry Cross the Annisquam:The Invisible Bridge Feb. 2022
Sand, Schooners and Glass Feb. 2022
Alpheus Hyatt II & His Schooner Arethusa Mar. 2022
Captain George Lane and Oriflamme June 2022
Schooners and Coal Pockets: How Squam Kept Warm Jan. 2023
Deluge 8 Firehouse
Improvements to the Firehouse Aug. 2019
Visit of the Vedanta Society of Rhode Island Aug. 2019
Improvements to the Firehouse Oct. 2019
Firehouse Findlings
Firehouse Findling: Leonard School June 2020
Firehouse Findling: "Looking for Trout" in Glass Plate Negatives July 2020
Firehouse Findling: "Fishing for Details" in Old Photographs Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling - Take me out to the Ball Game Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling: Our Colorful Past Dec. 2020
Firehouse Findling: Aunt Tot Feb. 2021
Firehouse Findling – Xenodochy June 2021
Firehouse Findling - The Sword in the Firehouse Feb 2022
Firehouse Findling-Annisquam Sewing Circle 1940 Cookbook Feb 2022
Firehouse Findling - Star Pupils? Not Necessarily Mar 2022
Firehouse Findling - If the Walls Could Talk… Apr. 2022
Fishing
The Lobsterman Cometh and the Bugs Goeth Aug. 2020
Happy as a Clam at High Tide Sept.2020
Hoop Nets, Cunners & Lobsters Sept. 2020
We’ve Lost That Love of Eeling Sept. 2020
Hotels, houses and other buildings
The Boat Livery, The Barnacle and 26 River Road Oct. 2019
The "Spite" House May 2020
"The Old Custom House" July 2020
The Lighthouses of Wigwam Point Oct. 2020
The Dew Drop Inn Mar.2021
Nancy Flagg & The Barnacle June 2021
Firehouse Findling – Xenodochy June 2021
The Outhouses of Essex County (Annisquam) Oct. 2021
The Clearance of Davis Point, or There Goes the Neighborhood Feb. 2022
Firehouse Findling -- If the Walls could Talk… Apr. 2022
The Annisquam Exchange May 2022
The Barn at Chester Square Sept 2022
The Itinerant Church of the Third Parish Nov. 2022
The Hyatt Norwood House Jan. 2023
The Mill at Goose Cove Jan. 2023
The Life & Times of the Annisquam Village Hall Dec. 2023
Old Wharf Lot Jan. 2024
Lobster Cove Bridge
Bridge Troubles July 2020
Squam the Merciful Sept. 2020
People of Annisquam (includes artists)
The Birksted Family in Annisquam Mar. 2020
“Even the Children Paint at Gloucester” Sept 2020
A Bit About Martha Hale Rogers Harvey Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling: Take me out to the Ball Game: Batter Up! Oct. 2020
James A. Cunningham & The Squam Stagecoach Dec. 2020
Ann Eliza Lane Cunningham:Historical Scraps from an Amazing Life Dec. 2020
Sending A Valentine by Frances Brundage Feb. 2021
Margaret Fitzhugh Browne: Annisquam’s Artist Feb. 2021
Firehouse Findling: Aunt Tot Feb. 2021
The Other Hyatt Daughter (Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor) Mar. 2021
Captain Davis Upsets the Ladies of Cambridge Ave. Apr. 2021
Rice’s Ice has Lice Apr. 2021
Nathan Fellows: The Hermit of Annisquam (also see quarries) Apr. 2021
Sisters, Silks & Seegars. (Jewett sisters and cigar silk cushion) May 2021
Nancy Flagg & The Barnacle June 2021
Doctor William Rowley Sept. 2021
Doctor William Rowley; Postscript Sept. 2021
Upstairs in the Firehouse: Painting by Antoinette Clark Inglis Oct. 2021
The German Wife: Marie Reuter Gallison Nov. 2021
Eric Pape & Gloucester:Master of Paintings, Petitions & Pageants Nov. 2021
Richard (Dick) Morrow: Memoir of an Annisquam Childhood Nov. 2021
One of Annisquam’s Unsung Heroes: Sidney M. Davison 1884-1954 Dec. 2021
Harry Gage: His Christmas Presence Dec. 2021
J. Emilie Young & David S. Muzzey Jan. 2022
William Lamb Picknell Paints the Point Jan. 2022
Alpheus Hyatt II and His Schooner Arethusa Mar. 2022
Henry Clarke Wright-Abolitionist, Pacifist Mar. 2022
The Annisquam Exchange May 2022
Clipper Ships, The China Trade, Side Wheelers, a Typhoon and a Grocery Store June 2022
Captain George Lane and The Oriflamme June 2022
Annisquam’s Art Gallery: How It Began July 2022
The Glass Bricks of Dr. Isaac Adams Aug 2022
Questions, Donations & Historical Traces Sept 2022
Where’s Waldo?Emerson & Picknell at Coffin’s Beach Nov. 2022
Gloucester’s 350th Birthday & Harry Gage from Annisquam Dec. 2022
Lelia Norwood Webster Adams 1887-1969 Jan. 2023
Swedish American Artist Harry Wijk Feb. 2023
Elliott Rogers: A 20th Century Polymath. Part One Mar. 2023
Elliott Rogers: A 20th Century Polymath. Part Two Aor. 2023
Elliott Rogers: A 20th Century Polymath. Part Three May 2023
Gertrude Griffin on the Annisquam Stage June 2023
Traveling in the Steps of Forebears: Native American Comings & Goings July 2023
Memories of A Beloved Grandmother: Ida Pulcifer Andrews 1898-1975 Aug. 2023
Richard (Dick) Morrow -The War Years in 'Squam Sept 2023
Historical Musings Sept 2023
Charles F. Bradley, 1852-1932 His Life and Times Oct. 2023
Hotels, houses, and other buildings
The Boat Livery, The Barnacle and 26 River Road Oct. 2019
The “Spite” House May 2020
“The Old Custom House” July 2020
The Lighthouses of Wigwam Point Oct. 2020
The Dew Drop Inn Mar. 2021
Nancy Flagg & The Barnacle June 2021
Firehouse Findling – Xenodochy June 2021
The Outhouses of Essex County (Annisquam) Oct. 2021
The Clearance of Davis Point, or There Goes the Neighborhood Feb. 2022
Firehouse Findling -- If the Walls could Talk… Apr. 2022
The Annisquam Exchange May 2022
The Barn at Chester Square Sept 2022
The Itinerant Church of the Third Parish Nov. 2022
The Hyatt Norwood House Jan. 2023
The Mill at Goose Cove Jan. 2023
Annisquam Events
The Hooked Rug & The Concord Stagecoach November 2019
Homeward-Bound (return of articles from CAM) March 2020
Mystery Marker April 2020
The Fireman’s Other Ball August 2020
Annisquam’s Signature Quilts—“Herstory” and Mystery September 2020
Annisquam’s Apple Trees October 2020
Yellow Legs and Duck Tales (Autumn sport; bird hunting) October 2020
Rice’s Ice has Lice (The Annisquam Ice Company) April 2021
A Treasure Trove of Folly Cove Nov. 2023
Photography
Firehouse Findling – Xenodochy June 2021
The Outhouses of Essex County (Annisquam) Oct. 2021
Firehouse Findling-Star Pupils? Not Necessarily. Mar. 2022
Double Exposure: Martha and George Go to the Beach in Holland Dec. 2022
Firehouse Findling - “Looking for Trout” in Glass Plate Negatives July 2020
A Bit About Martha Hale Rogers Harvey Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling—Fishing for Details in Old Photographs Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling—Our Colorful Past Dec. 2020
Special Holiday Addition Dec. 2023
Quarries and landscape
Part 1: The Blasted Heath With Bowlders Apr. 2021
Part 2: Nathan Fellows: The Hermit of Annisquam Apr. 2021
Part 3: The Old Wharf Lot & Associated Field Operations May 2021
Roads, Streets and Avenues
Samp Porridge Hill [Revere Street] Feb. 2022
What’s in a Name? [Nashua Avenue] May 2022
Upstairs in the Firehouse
Upstairs in the Firehouse:The Mystery of the Carved Basket of Flowers Aug. 2021
Upstairs in the Firehouse:Painting by Antoinette Clark Inglis Oct. 2021
Upstairs in the Firehouse:The Sword in the Firehouse Feb. 2022
Firehouse Findlings
Firehouse Findling: Leonard School June 2020
Firehouse Findling: "Looking for Trout" in Glass Plate Negatives July 2020
Firehouse Findling: "Fishing for Details" in Old Photographs Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling - Take me out to the Ball Game Oct. 2020
Firehouse Findling: Our Colorful Past Dec. 2020
Firehouse Findling: Aunt Tot Feb. 2021
Firehouse Findling – Xenodochy June 2021
Firehouse Findling - The Sword in the Firehouse Feb 2022
Firehouse Findling-Annisquam Sewing Circle 1940 Cookbook Feb 2022
Firehouse Findling - Star Pupils? Not Necessarily Mar 2022
Firehouse Findling - If the Walls Could Talk… Apr. 2022