New England Historical Society New England History
The Rogerenes were an unusual group of religious dissenters formed in New London, Conn. in the late 1600s. ...
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Arts and Leisure
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Nine Apple Cider Traditions That Are No Longer With Us
Today the roadsides of New England are littered with apples trees, often ignored or painted and photographed for ...
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Hell-Born Babes and Slubbers: Ten Ways to Call Someone Wicked in Colonial Times
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How To Call Someone a Drunk in Colonial Times – From The Drinkers Dictionary
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Flattery Will Get You Everywhere: Ten Ways to Charm in 1780
Business and Labor
Joseph Dudley and the Private Bank That Sank Him
Money in the 1600s was a volatile topic in the colonies. In a financial crisis, a currency shortage ...
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Small Bells of Connecticut: One Town Made Sounds That Rang in Millions of Ears
The small bells rung by Salvation Army soldiers during the Christmas holidays are all made in Connecticut. In ...
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The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
On Nov. 5, 1872, Benjamin Briggs of Wareham, Mass. piloted the brigantine Mary Celeste to sea loaded with ...
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New Haven’s Jared Flagg Launches One of the First Ponzi Schemes
In 1926 the fraud police had Jared Flagg under questioning. It wasn't the first time the flimflam man ...
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How Providence’s Federal Hill Got Its Name
In 1788, Providence, R.I.’s Federal Hill officially got its name. In June of 1788, New Hampshire became the ...
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Richard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
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Norman Rees – Connecticut’s Spy Next Door
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Robert Hallowell, British Tax Collector, Returns to Boston in 1792
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Samuel Adams – The Last Puritan Fights the American Revolution Twice
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John Clarke Guides the Pilgrims to Shore
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In 1777 a Deadly Fog of War Swept Across Vermont and Claimed John Irish
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Canada’s Confederate Plot Against St. Albans, Vermont
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François-Jean de Chastellux Meets 250 New Hampshire Cows in 1780
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12 Fascinating Facts About the Fourth of July
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Valcour Island – America’s Victorious Defeat on Lake Champlain
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The Privateer Liverpool Packet Torments Boston: The Evil Genius of Coastal Trade
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USS Squalus Rescue: World Awaits News of Sailors’ Fate
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Robert Remington Fights World War I
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The Massachusetts Scoundrel for Whom Downing Street is Named
