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New England's Creatures: 1400—1900

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
Annual Proceedings
6 through 8 August 1993

CONTENTS

SECTION I: WILDLIFE AND GAME

The (In)Significance of Atlantic Salmon in New England
Catherine C. Carlson

Game and Food in New France
Marc R. Lafrance and Yvon Desloges

SECTION II: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES, DOMESTICATION, BREEDING

The Pettaquamscut Purchase of 1657/58 and the Establishment of a Commercial Livestock Industry in Rhode Island
Daniel A. Romani, Jr.

“Breachy” Sheep and Mad Dogs: Troublesome Domestic Animals in Rhode Island, 1750–1800
Ruth Wallis Herndon

The Horses and Horse Trades of Colonial Boston
James E. Kences

“If the Worcester Boys want to see cattle haul, they must come to Kennebec”: The Trial of Working Oxen as an Expression of Regional Agricultural Values, 1818–1860
Jochen Welsch

Fair-weather Friends: Merino Sheep and the Origins of the Modern American Agricultural Fair
Mark A. Mastromarino

SECTION III: HOUSEHOLD PETS, ANIMALS IN EXHIBITIONS AND SPORTS

Animal House: Pet Keeping in Urban and Suburban Households in the Northeast, 1850–1900
Katherine C. Grier

The Chewed Chair Leg and the Empty Collar: Mementos of Pet Ownership in New England
Nancy C. Carlisle

To the Curious: Bird and Animal Exhibitions in New England, 1716–1825
Peter Benes

Cockfighting in North America and New England, 1680–1900
Peter W. Cook

SECTION IV: ANIMALS IN FOLKLORE AND LEGEND

Songs “so beautiful that this man wishes to listen to them forever”: The Whaleperson in Micmac and Passamaquoddy Myth
Chris Duplisea

SECTION V: ANIMALS IN FARM MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

“Cattle of every kind do fill the land”: Historical Re-creation of Farm Animals and Animal Husbandry Practices of 1627 New Plymouth
Elizabeth A. Lodge

SECTION VI: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES

Selected Bibliography of Animal Studies in New England and North America
Lecture and Interpretation Program: 6 through 8 August 1993
Abstracts of Conference Papers Not Appearing in This Volume
Photo and Illustration Credits
Notes on Contributors