1886 Our Grange Homes , Farming US Presidents , Old Colony Fitchburg Railroad

Description: Our Grange HomesHudson, MassachusettsJuly, 1886 String-tied paper.9 3/8" x 11 5/8"16 pages. 138 years old. The July, 1886 issue of " Our Grange Homes " Scarce. Includes : Mortimer Whitehead ( a biography )[ he was born in Middlebush , New Jersey on Oct. 9, 1841. His ancestors were on the Patriot side in the American Revolution and his ancestor " Aunt Peggy Whitehead ", carried water to Continental soldiers all day to soldiers in the field - on an extremely hot day in June - at the Battle of Monmouth. Mortimer Whitehead himself was a veteran of the American Civil War ; he enlisted in the 26th NJ Volunteers and survived several severe battles as a solider in the Army of the Potomac , being in General Sedgewick's famous 6th Army Corp.After the Civil War he was a farmer ( on 106 acres in Middlebush , NJ ) and a public speaker on behalf of the American farmer. He, with his wife, was a charter member of the first Grange organized in New Jersey , Pioneer No.1 ( in Dayton , NJ ), in 1871. He was the first person to appear before a Congressional Committee to advocate for rural free delivery mail. He died in 1922 in Middlebush , New Jersey ] Agricultural Legislation( Arbor Day , Massachusetts State Agricultural College , Laws concerning Forest Fires , an Amendment to the Dog Law , a Bill on " Imitation Butter ") Flora Festival, Southboro , Massachusetts Grange " Being A Woman " by Sister Locke " Being A Man " by Sister Mary Collins of Southboro , Mass. Duties of Housekeeping State of New Hampshire ; Grange News State of Vermont ; Grange News Homes of United States Presidents( Grover Cleveland , George Washington , John Adams , Thomas Jefferson , Andrew Jackson , Abraham Lincoln , etc. ) Advertisement : Fitchburg Railroad , Hoosac Tunnel Route( with Timetable and train Route ) Advertisement : Old Colony Railroad , Northern Division( with Timetable and train Route ; trains arrive at and depart from Boston & Albany Railroad Station at Kneeland Street in Boston ) Advertisement : Fitchburg Railroad , Hoosac Tunnel Route( Saratoga ; Lake George and the Adirondacks ) ------ Condition.Some light wear, corner-creases.Original owner's name in pencil on the front cover :" A. W. Shumway "Foxing.( see the photos )Otherwise good. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer. ----- Historical information : " Grange " is a somewhat archaic word for " Farmhouse " : a granary, barn , farm ; especially a rural farmhouse with outbuildings.( archaic in the United States , but still sometimes used in England ) In the United States, the Grange is a farmers' association organized in 1867. The Grange sponsored agricultural education, social activities, community service, and political lobbying. The National Grange, a.k.a. The Grange, officially named The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, still exists today.It is a social organization in the United States that encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture.The Grange, founded after the Civil War in 1867, is the oldest American agricultural advocacy group with a national scope. The Grange actively lobbied state legislatures and Congress for political goals, such as the Granger Laws to lower rates charged by railroads , and rural free mail delivery by the Post Office. In the 1870s, The National Grange began the campaign for rural free delivery ( RFD ) of the mail. At the time rural people had to drive into town to the post office to collect mail - while city dwellers had mail delivered to their door.The first rural mail delivery finally began on October 1, 1896.An 1897 study by the Post Office Department stated that the availability of RFD increased the value of farm land significantly and resulted in improvement of many rural roads, since post office patrons were required to bring roads up to standards to receive RFD. Many rural communities in the United States still have a Grange Hall and local Granges still serve as a center of rural life for many farming communities.

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Location: Coventry, Rhode Island

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