All posts tagged "Abigail Adams"
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21.8K2Arts and LeisureThe Pet Names of Famous New Englanders
When the Pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower, they brought with them two dogs described as a spaniel and a mastiff....
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18.1K4MassachusettsJohn Adams Was A Tiger Dad. So Was John Quincy.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams may be tied for the honor of worst presidential father, or “Tiger Dad,” according to Joshua...
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9.2KbostonEat Like A President, Part II
In honor of President’s Day, the New England Historical Society brings you another guide to how to eat like a president. We...
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8.2K1Crime and ScandalIn 1634, Massachusetts Discovers the Cure for the Common Scold
Exorbitancy of the tongue, common railing . . . call it what you like. Early New England colonists had a problem: The...
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29.6K11frontAbigail Adams Vents to Mercy Otis Warren About John
In the spring of 1776, Mercy Otis Warren received a letter from her good friend Abigail Adams complaining about her husband John....
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16.5K7Business and LaborThe Bates Bedspread of Maine, America’s Favorite Counterpane
The Bates Bedspread, once found in nearly every household, has links to presidents, First Ladies, a famous midwife and countless women who...
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