All posts tagged "boston mass"
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18.7K2MassachusettsTen 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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9.0K11MassachusettsThe Peculiar Kidnapping of Five-year-old Elizabeth Bright 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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12.9K4Business 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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17.5K4Crime 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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11.1K3Business and LaborAnnie Londonderry Rode Her Bicycle Around the World
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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7.1K1Business 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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