Christmas morning dawned at our house, and the grandson and his parents were awake, as was I.  The dogs were pestering for food, and...

Dear Friends, May 30th 1770, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Rev. Samuel Cooke preached “An Election-Sermon” in the audience of Thomas...

Part of the family lore with which I grew up is remembering my great-great- grandfather, Israel Putnam Whitmer, who was named for Israel...