All posts tagged "77"
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9.5K1Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Little Annapolis: The PT Boat Training Center at Melville
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
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42.0K6MassachusettsJolly Jane Toppan, the Killer Nurse Obsessed With Death
Jolly Jane Toppan killed at least 31 people between 1880 and 1901, but the doctors who hired her thought she was one...
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10.1K17Rhode IslandOld Roger Williams Tries To Stop King Philip’s War
On March 29, 1676, old Roger Williams was one of 30 men who remained in the town of Providence. Most of the...
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8.3K3Rhode IslandLillian Gilbreth, Genius in the Art of Living
Lillian Gilbreth hated the best-selling book written about her in 1948 because it depicted her as a sweet, stay-at-home mom who deferred...
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8.2K3Politics and MilitaryWilliam Barton Goes From Hero to Deadbeat and Back
Rhode Island’s Col. William Barton seized his place in history in July of 1777 when he slipped into Middletown, R.I. He passed more...
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10.6K5MassachusettsSamuel Sewall – The Witch Trials Judge Who Couldn’t Get a Date
Samuel Sewall is best known as one of the nine judges who condemned witches to death in the Salem witch trials of...
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