All posts tagged "Amesbury"
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7.6KConnecticutNew England Witchcraft Trials: It Wasn’t Just Salem
Plenty of people in early New England were persecuted for witchcraft, and not just in Salem, Mass. Witches had troubled the European...
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13.2K4MassachusettsHow the Witchcraft Trials of Susannah Martin Lasted Nearly 25 Years
In 1692, the witch trials in Salem finally ended the life Susannah Martin. It was the culmination of a 25-year-long period during...
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6.5K30New England PlacesSix New England Places With a Unique Name
The early English and Scots-Irish settlers tended not to give a new settlement a unique name. Many New England place names came...
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7.4K2New England PlacesSix Covered Bridges
Covered bridges have been around since the late 18th century in the United States. Uncovered bridges had short lifespans of about 15...
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18.8K13New HampshireThe Great Throat Distemper of 1735
In 1735, a young child in Kingston, N.H., came down with a cold and all of New England would get sick. The...
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19.0K7ConnecticutHow New England Got Its Place Names
New England has six towns called Warren, one in each state, but the reason for those place names is more complicated than...
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13.0K6Arts and LeisureAl Capp Meets John and Yoko (And It Doesn’t Go Well)
Al Capp earned legions of fans for his bitingly satirical cartoon strip Li’l Abner. President Richard Nixon and Queen Elizabeth admired his...
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6.5K9Arts and LeisureCurrier & Ives ‘Cheap and Popular Prints’
Currier & Ives described their prints as ‘cheap and popular,’ and while they’re still popular, they are hardly cheap. Prints that once sold...
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