All posts tagged "Bowdoin"
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20.8K9Arts and LeisureThe Many Mansions of Edward Searles
In 1921, coroners had Edward Searles body exhumed months after his death. Their conclusion, after examination, was that he had not been...
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5.9K1MaineSamuel Williams Watches an Eclipse From Behind British Lines in 1780
The American Revolution in 1780 didn’t stop Harvard professor Samuel Williams from venturing behind British lines in Maine to observe a total...
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16.9K6New England PlacesSix of New England’s Most Famous Writers Houses
New England is dotted with famous writers houses, a testament to the Puritan ideal of literacy and the region’s many publishing houses....
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12.0K3New 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. Religious orders had run hospitals...
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8.0K2Business 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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25.2K3Arts and LeisureSix Historic New England Football Fields
Football, once called the Boston Game, was played on many historic New England football fields since the 19th century. An organized college...
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