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Nathaniel Sewell Comes to America in 1643 – and Regrets It

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The 1755 Earthquake Shakes Up John Adams and All of New England

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John Rowe Takes the Middle Path in the American Revolution

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Charles Francis Adams Remembers Two Presidents

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Tue 22

Liberty & Union Walking Tour

May 19 @ 11:00 am - June 16 @ 12:00 pm

Wed 23

An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery

May 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Fri 25

Fake News, Leaks and Bias: Freedom of the Press Under the First

May 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sat 26

Out of Time: Das Geld Fahnlein at the Fort

May 26 @ 10:00 am - May 27 @ 3:00 pm

Sat 26

Revolutionary War Encampment 2018

May 26 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

New England Historical Society

Nathaniel Sewell Comes to America in 1643 – and Regrets It

The 1755 Earthquake Shakes Up John Adams and All of New England

John Rowe Takes the Middle Path in the American Revolution

Charles Francis Adams Remembers Two Presidents

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Politics and Military

How Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England

Joseph Orono, The Blue Eyed Indian Who Helped the Revolutionary Cause

Jacataqua, the Indian Sachem Who Bore Aaron Burr’s Love Child

Nine New England Tax Resisters

Hartford’s Muster Day Murder of 1748

Religion and Social Movements

John Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix

Susannah Martin’s Witchcraft Trials Lasted Nearly 25 Years

Lewis Tappan, the Man Who Hired Abe Lincoln to Spy on Sinners

Equity, Maine Meets the New England Divorce Reform League

Eunice Cole, The Witch of Hampton Who Could Not Be Stopped

Crime and Scandal

The Nineteenth Century Curse of Mercie Dale

Lydia Sherman, the Derby Poisoner, Commits the Horror of the Century

The Strange Death of Sarah Grosvenor in 1742

Danny Walsh – the Last Rhode Island Irish Gangster – Disappears

Philip Ashton Escapes Pirates and Miraculously Survives on a Deserted Island

The Notorious Vermont Doctor Behind Bennington’s Trinity University

Nathaniel Sewell Comes to America in 1643 – and Regrets It

Personal Ads and Swiping Right in 1680: Five Colonial Courtship Customs

Stop Thief! The Start of the Society of Mutual Aid Against Thieves

Several Dreadful Stroaks – The Demons of Jeremiah Meacham

Dr. T. Thatcher Graves and The Rhode Island Mail Order Murder

In 1795 Dr. Elisha Phelps Takes a Wife – Or Two

Who Killed William Dean? A Tale of Spies, Swindlers and Politicians

Events Calendar

Liberty & Union Walking Tour

An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery

Fake News, Leaks and Bias: Freedom of the Press Under the First

Out of Time: Das Geld Fahnlein at the Fort

Revolutionary War Encampment 2018

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