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Mary Ames and Emily Bliss, young women from Springfield, Mass., opened a school for the liberated slaves on Edisto Island, ...
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Arts and Leisure
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Boston Red Stockings in the UK: In 1874, it Just Wasn’t Cricket
International baseball? The idea is almost as old as the sport itself, as it’s long been seen as ...
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Flashback Photo: ‘The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket’ by Eastman Johnson
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Rudy Vallee: ‘Maine Yankee with a Streak of French Hedonism’
Business and Labor
Politics and Military
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The Burning of Boston Light: Three Times a Target in the Revolution
At the time of the Revolutionary War, Boston Light was an essential navigational tool for ships entering Boston ...
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John Sullivan: Too Busy Fighting the Revolution
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The Heroic Rescue of the Pendleton Crew, 1952
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Nora Saltonstall: ‘Urge Everyone You Know To Take Up Nursing’
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Henry Knox: Six Surprising Facts About the Father of American Artillery
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The 2nd New Hampshire Regiment Fights the 1st Battle of Bull Run
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Rose Kennedy, An Old-Fashioned Girl (Sort Of)
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The Dorr Rebellion: When RI Had 2 Governors
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The German U-Boat Attack off Cape Cod: World War I Arrives in New England
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Flashback Photo: Meriden, Conn., Begins to Emerge From the Great Depression
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Flashback Photo: Mary Jean Simpson, Breaker of Glass Ceilings
