Religion and Social Movements
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13.1KMyles Standish and the Lost Colony of Massachusetts
In March 1623, leaders of the struggling Plymouth Plantation dispatched their paid military leader Myles Standish to a coastal settlement 25 miles...
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10.4KThe Mercer Girls: When New England Girls Went West to Find Husbands
On Jan. 26, 1864, a young man from the Pacific Northwest gave a talk to unmarried girls in Lowell, Mass., about a...
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8.4KThe Battle for The Meeting House Bell – That Wouldn’t End
What’s a meeting house without a meeting house bell to summon townspeople? Customarily, early New England villages included a meeting house –...
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9.2KSix Stops From the People’s Guide to Greater Boston
One of our favorite books of 2020 is the People’s Guide to Greater Boston, a tour guide that goes beyond the usual...
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5.5KThe Brahmin Celebrity Priest Who Wrote O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of Bethlehem was written by a parish priest considered to be the greatest preacher of his day. His name...
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19.1KA Multitude of Salem Witch Trials Descendants
If someone asked if you knew of any famous Salem witch trials descendants, you might come up with Nathaniel Hawthorne. The 19th-century...
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