All posts tagged "1774"
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15.9K4Arts and LeisureSix Colonial Homes by Wallace Nutting
Wallace Nutting was a dyspeptic minister so overwhelmed by urban life and modern values that he led millions of Americans on a...
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18.6K4Arts and LeisureThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and John Adams are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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26.4K1Arts and LeisureThe Largest Historic District in Each New England State
Identifying the largest historic districts in New England was no easy task because, let’s face it, we’re dripping with history. You can...
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11.1K4MaineJohn Adams in Maine: ‘The Sharpest Thorn on which I ever set my foot’
Beginning in 1765, John Adams made annual trips to Maine to argue cases before the courts at York, Falmouth (now Portland) and...
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59.1K6New HampshireWentworth Cheswell, the Black Man Who Rode With Revere
In the middle of December 1774, messengers on horseback carried news to the people of New Hampshire’s seacoast. Two British warships were...
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34.6K10Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Nathanael Greene – the Limping Quaker Who Won the Revolution
Nathanael Greene had asthma, walked with a pronounced limp and belonged to the pacifist Quaker religion. None of that stopped him from...
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