Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Robert Wilder, Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.



Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. Robert Wilder’s lecture will answer: Why did Brookfield become a hub of transportation during Colonial New England? How many weeks would you have to work in order to mail a letter 400 miles? Why did people pay for postage after they received mail? Envelopes were not in vogue for mailing a letter—Find out why?! Why did Ben Franklin change the way we did postal business?

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