All posts tagged "boston mass"
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13.1K2MassachusettsTen 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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5.7K11MassachusettsFive 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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8.2K4Business 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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10.8K3Crime 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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6.5K3Business 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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3.9K1Business 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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15.6K5Flashback PhotosThe Great Salem Fire of 1914 Burns Half the City out of Their Homes
The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was one of the last great urban fires of the era. It followed the Portland, Maine,...
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6.9K4Business and LaborIn 1853, Boston Sends Food to Famine-Wracked Madeira – and the Island Says Thanks
When word spread that the poor of Madeira needed food during famine in 1852, wealthy Bostonians sent help. They never expected what...
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6.3K14Crime and ScandalSir Christopher Gardiner – The Knight Who Fled Boston in Fear of His Wife
When John Winthrop and other members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony first settled in Boston in 1630, they soon discovered in the...
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3.1K1Arts and LeisureJohn Bernard, 18th Century Comedian, Dodges Pirates
John Bernard’s career in the theater was waning in Britain when an offer came from America in 1797. Actor, comedian, promoter and...
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