All posts tagged "Brighton"
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5.8KBusiness and LaborSix Stops From the People’s Guide to Greater Boston
One of our favorite books of 2020 is the People’s Guide to Greater Boston, a tour guide that goes beyond the usual...
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10.0K2MassachusettsWhen Massachusetts Was a Paradise for Tramps
So many tramps rode the rails into Massachusetts after the Civil War that in 1899 a group of charity administrators published a...
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13.4K2New HampshireThe Tempestuous Life of Tobias Lear, George Washington’s In-Law
Col. Tobias Lear V, known as Toby to his friends, left his mark on the early history of the United States as...
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28.3K3Massachusetts11 Famous People Committed to McLean Mental Hospital
Sylvia Plath called McLean mental hospital the best mental hospital in the United States. U.S. News & World Report did too. Though...
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14.7K2MassachusettsBoston’s Rat Day of 1917
On Boston’s Rat Day of 1917, the upper-class women of Boston gave $1.34 for every rat carcass turned in. The numbers of...
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6.6K16Business and LaborAlvan Fuller Rode the Automobile Business to the Top
Would you buy a car from this man? Tens of thousands of people did. Alvan Fuller was born in 1878, and he...
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