This is the fifth story from Hopedale that I've sent out to many of you; the first or second to a few others who I have recently added.  I think it's time that I stopped adding to everyone's already overloaded inboxes and let you decide if you want any more of this.  If you'd like to continue to receive these, probably twice a month, just reply and I'll keep you on the list.  (Caution --- don't hit Reply to All as a few people did to an earlier message.) If I don't hear from you, I'll take you off the list. For those of you who haven't received the earlier ones, they were Hopedale 1842, Hopedale's Missing Monument, Hopedale As I Found It, and Christmas by Frank Dutcher. Today's new recipients were suggested by Kathy Wright. The item below isn't really from Hopedale but it did appear in a Hopedale publication, The Spiritual Reformer, so I'll use that as my excuse for including it.  The Reformer was published by Harriet Greene, a prominent member of the Hopedale Community.  From the Spiritual Reformer A law against obtaining husbands under false pretenses, passed by the English Parliament in 1770, enacts – That all women, of whatever age, rank, profession or degree–whether virgins, maids or widows–who shall, after this act, impose upon, seduce and betray into matrimony any of his majesty’s male subjects, by virtue of scents, paints, cosmetic washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, bolstered hips, or high-heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors; and the marriage, under such circumstances, upon conviction of the offending party, shall be null and void.                         Hopedale History Email Menu                       HOME