tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2771158857698665026..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Visiting Carisbrooke Castle with Abigail AdamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68397706066670025032017-05-21T10:06:46.172-05:002017-05-21T10:06:46.172-05:00I see a bunch of references to “turnspit dogs” in ...I see a bunch of references to “turnspit dogs” in English publications from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, often without explanation, suggesting that people knew what they were. But were there many examples in America? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68008950882707855442017-05-21T08:36:02.406-05:002017-05-21T08:36:02.406-05:00Interesting, that Abigail Adams was familiar with ...Interesting, that Abigail Adams was familiar with the concept of a "turn spit dog". I wonder if she'd seen them in Boston before she went to England.Roger Fullerhttp://www.nps.gov/mima/noreply@blogger.com