All posts tagged "banks"
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8.3K3New England PlacesSix of the Oldest Hospitals in New England, From Wine to Women
New England’s oldest hospitals are all younger than such venerable institutions as schools, banks, businesses and taverns. Hospitals had been run for...
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6.3K2Business and LaborThe Panic of 1907 and the Maine Man Who Caused It
You might suppose the Federal Reserve banking system was begun in response to the great stock market crash of 1929, but it...
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11.3K1ConnecticutThe Hartford Insurance Story: One Man, One Bold Stroke, One Insurance Capital
In 1835 Connecticut’s Eliphalet Terry assumed leadership of a small Hartford insurance firm. Within one year, and with one master stroke, he...
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15.8K4Arts 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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56.8K12Arts and LeisureThe Six Oldest Restaurants in New England
The six oldest restaurants in New England include taverns that served hungry travelers and a diner that fed mill workers after their...
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35.6K2Business and LaborThe Ghost Locomotives of the Great Maine Wilderness
Deep in the heart of Maine’s Allagash region sit two ghost locomotives silently rusting in the wilderness. Only a few intrepid canoes,...
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