All posts tagged "bowdoin college"
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30.7K13bostonA Poorhouse in Each New England State
The poorhouse was once a very real and often feared part of life in New England. Poorhouses evolved from the English poor...
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39.0K3New HampshireJane Pierce, New Hampshire’s Unlikely First Lady
In January of 1856, a radical physician from Massachusetts, Charles Robinson, won election as governor of Kansas. President Franklin Pierce declared him...
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17.4K8Arts and LeisureFranklin Pierce Discovers the Body of Nathaniel Hawthorne in New Hampshire
In 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne did the unthinkable: He wrote a campaign biography for presidential candidate Franklin Pierce. Critics thought such hackwork beneath Nathaniel...
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16.7K20Arts and LeisureNathaniel Hawthorne Holes up in his Bedroom for 12 Years
For 12 years, Nathaniel Hawthorne worked to succeed as a writer in an attic bedroom in a house he called ‘Castle Dismal.’...
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17.9K8MaineJoshua Chamberlain Tells the Real Story of Appomattox Court House, 40 Years Later
Joshua Chamberlain, a hero of Gettysburg, was the first person to receive the white flag from the Confederates at Appomattox Court House...
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19.1K22New HampshireThe Triumph and Tragedy of Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected as the 14th and possibly worst president of the United States on Nov. 2, 1852. During his presidency...
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