All posts tagged "boston mass"
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15.4K2MassachusettsTen Facts About Dorothy Quincy – John Hancock’s Wife
In 1775 at age 38, John Hancock was one of the most eligible bachelors among the Boston rebels. Made wealthy by his...
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6.5K11MassachusettsFive year old Elizabeth Bright is Kidnapped in 1837
In September of 1837, Henry Bright returned from Alabama to Massachusetts with his family. He had made a business career there, but...
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9.8K4Business and LaborIn 1652 John Hull Built a Fortune – One Shilling at a Time
In 1652, at age 28, John Hull began making money – literally. The Hull family was by then well established in Boston....
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14.0K4Crime and ScandalFiction Becomes Fact – Murder on the Herbert Fuller
In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller put to sea from Boston with 11 people on board. The barkentine was loaded with lumber,...
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7.9K3Business and LaborAnnie Londonderry: From Peddler to Pedaler
In 1894 Annie Cohen Kopchovsky set out to bicycle around the world in 15 months as Annie Londonderry, and she did. Sort...
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5.3K1Business and LaborBoston’s J. Wright Boott – A Tale of Orchids and Insanity
In March of 1845, J. Wright Boott wrote a letter to his old friend and business partner, John Amory Lowell; with it...
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