{"id":5226,"date":"2019-05-06T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lizzieborden.org\/CuratorsCorner\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2019-05-06T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:32:54","slug":"discourses-on-history-number-2-main-street-in-the-eighteen-seventies-and-eighties-a-businessmans-reminiscences-of-fifty-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/2019\/05\/06\/discourses-on-history-number-2-main-street-in-the-eighteen-seventies-and-eighties-a-businessmans-reminiscences-of-fifty-years-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discourses on History, Number 2: Main Street in the Eighteen Seventies and Eighties  &#038; A Businessman\u2019s Reminiscences of Fifty Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The latest release from the Fall River Historical Society Press, <em>Main Street in the Eighteen Seventies and Eighties<\/em> and <em>A Businessman\u2019s Reminiscences of Fifty Years <\/em>by Thomas Richmond Burrell (1861-1953), will be released for sale on Thursday, May 9, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Based on two papers delivered to the members of the FRHS in 1933 and 1936, the anecdotal musings Burrell recorded in <em>Main Street <\/em>and <em>Reminiscences \u2013<\/em> witty and sometimes poignant<em> \u2013<\/em> brilliantly document the stories of \u201cthose persons who carried on business on Main Street and the central section of the city\u201d of Fall River, and tell \u201cof men \u2026 with whom [<em>the author<\/em>] came into contact at the beginning\u201d of his lengthy business career, one that spanned a remarkable seventy-five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 130-page paper-bound volume contains 83 illustrations and is fully indexed; the price is $16.95.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This book is a must-have for anyone interested in Fall River history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fascinating!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5227\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizzieborden.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller.png\" rel='prettyPhoto'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5227\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5227\" src=\"https:\/\/lizzieborden.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller-860x512.png 860w, https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EFuller.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storefront of Elijah Fuller &amp; Son, Grocers, 24 North Main Street, 1881. \u201cSugar was either white or brown, and \u2026 kept in barrels provided with a scoop to put it into the scales \u2026 everything from cod fish to sugar was weighed on the same scales \u2026 and I never remember seeing one wiped or washed.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest release from the Fall River Historical Society Press, Main Street in the Eighteen Seventies and Eighties and A Businessman\u2019s Reminiscences of Fifty Years by Thomas Richmond Burrell (1861-1953), will be released for sale on Thursday, May 9, 2019. 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