Jim Meehan and his wife Marsha joined the Wethersfield Historical Society in 2006 after retiring from careers in Information Technology at The Travelers.
His interest in Thomas Hickey began with a casual conversation at an Elderhostel program and grew into a several month, part-time, investigative effort - the first real historical reading or research that Jim has done since college in the 1960's.
In addition to the historical society Jim is a member of the Men's Garden Club of Wethersfield where he edits the newsletter and writes a monthly column; The Wethersfield Beautification Trust where he moves dirt and pulls weeds; and (with Marsha) of WWUH - "Public Alternative Radio from the University of Hartford, 91.3 FM and wwuh.org" as members of the classical music staff.
He also writes essays for his Internet blog www.compostablematter.com.
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1 comment:
Mr. Meehan:
Thank you for your hard work on the Thomas Hickey research. I recently asked my daughter to read the story "Phoebe the Spy" and to tell me what she had read. Next, I decided to do a little poking around on the Internet. I came across your research on Thomas Hickey, which was, by far, the least biased and most helpful information I could find on the topic on short notice.
I must say that as an adult, I have been frustrated by the porous nature of historical research. I had no idea how often historian's do NOT repeat each other. In fact, they often contradict one another.
It is a great deal messier than I used to think.
-Tim K.
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