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4.4KThe Recent Rediscovery of John Leslie Breck, Boston Impressionist
John Leslie Breck was a gifted artist on the verge of fame when he took his own life at the age of...
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3.7KThe Portuguese Farmers Who Made Falmouth Strawberries Famous
In 1892, Manuel Viera Martins retired from whaling and bought a cottage in the Waquoit section of Falmouth, Mass. He and his...
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6.4KGiving the Devil Her Due: The Neglected History of Tituba, Salem’s First Witch
Posterity has treated few characters in the Salem witch trial drama as poorly as Tituba, a woman enslaved in the household of...
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5.3KJohn Billington Gets Lost: A Window to Plymouth Colony’s Early History
In the summer of 1621, the Plymouth colonists finally had reason for optimism — until 16-year-old John Billington wandered off and got...
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7.3KIndians Loaned Their Words to English. Now They Want Their Languages Back.
New England Indians loaned many words and place names to the American English language. Now some of them are getting their own...
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6.4KHow George Washington Recruited a Whole New Army Under British Noses
George Washington had a problem he believed no one had ever encountered before. On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army would disappear...
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