Comments on: Resources

By: David Griffin

David Griffin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:12:28 +0000

As I replied to you in an email back in September, when you requested the exact same information, EVERYTHING we have on the canes (short of the information in the Barbara Staples books which deal primarily with the first holders of the canes) is on this website. We don’t have any other cache of information. (What would be the point?)

By: Charles P. Black

Charles P. Black — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:34:02 +0000

I have written a story about a man from Francestown, NH who was a recipient of the Boston post Cane…He was Charles Hoag ad he passed-on in the Summer of 1950. I was a child at the time and attended his funeral along with my mother who insisted I go to honor his memory. I call it “The Resurrection of Charley Hoag”…The cane figures quite prominently in my story and I wrote it because this nice old gentleman had all but disappeared from memory or any obtainable record of his life. I couldn’t even find his towmbstone in Francestown’s Turnpike cemetery…! And that is why I wrote the story of what I remembered about him when I was just a child. I would, however, like to know if your organization has any knowledge of his being presented with the cane, I have been told it is in the Historical society bldg. there in Francestown…but it is always closed when I can get up there.

Charles P.Black
Writer from Bedford, NH
cell-603-289-7954

By: David Griffin

David Griffin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:13:56 +0000

I wish I had the time to do the same thing. It would make a great documentary or NPR piece. I hope you can make it happen.

By: Deidre Christiansen

Deidre Christiansen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:45:11 +0000

Hello; I’m interested in traveling around New England and recording interviews with the eldest residents of small towns, and am now totally enthralled with the story of the Boston Post Cane. I will now dream of sharing the stories of all the BPC recipients for every town! – dchristiansen@rememberedvoices.com

By: JUDY BALK

JUDY BALK — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:26:22 +0000

i NEED A PIN BPCANE FOR THIS THURS ANY CHANCE?
jUDY bALK 603 339 1506

By: Bob Coughlin

Bob Coughlin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:02:44 +0000

My great grandfather, Arthur F. Coughlin, born 1843, in Cambridge, Ma was awarded the cane by the Town of Arlington sometime in the late 1920′s by the Town of Arlington, Ma. He was married to Ellen J. Ahern from Mallow, co.Cork, Ireland on June 3, 1866 and died in Arlington on Nov 5, 1929, a month before I was born. I have been trying to get any further information available on my ancestors, and just ran across this site from the Boston Post.

By: Dick Elberse

Dick Elberse — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:03:21 +0000

Would you happen to know anything about a similar cane with gold head distributed by another newspaper in the 19th century, or is this a unique story?

By: Carol Fenton Gilbert

Carol Fenton Gilbert — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:05:02 +0000

Hi Tim, My dad, Francis Fenton of Mercer, Maine, is the oldest person in Mercer and I would like to award him a “gold cane” or pin for his recognition. Mercer evidently lost their gold cane. My dad remembers seeing it as a child. He was recently recognized in Skowhegon for being the oldest person in Mercer. They gave him a certificate and flowers which is nice, but I want to get something that can be passed to the next honoree. Could you give me any ideas? Thanks, Carol

By: Tim Blagg

Tim Blagg — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:46:43 +0000

I’d be glad to have my e-mail address listed… the Society is still taking orders for pins. An e-mail to me will bring an order form, complete with price list and photo of the pins, which are enameled and quite nice. The price is $6, plus a $3.50 handling charge.
Tim Blagg, Historical Society of Greenfield