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3.1KArts and LeisureA Green Mountain Boy Stars in an 1839 Romance Novel, Heaving Bosoms and All
Green Mountain Boy Seth Warner might have been a forgotten Revolutionary War hero had he not appeared in an 1839 romance novel....
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28.4K8ConnecticutSkull and Bones, or 7 Fast Facts About Yale’s Secret Society
Skull and Bones, Yale University’s most famous and most secret society, has inspired sinister conspiracy theories since its founding in 1832. Some...
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10.6K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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7.4KArts and LeisureJ.P. Marquand Razzes the Proper Bostonians
J.P. Marquand mastered two literary genres. As author of a 1930s detective series centering on the international crime-solving detective Mr. Moto, he...
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7.4K3MassachusettsLewis Tappan, the Man Who Hired Abe Lincoln to Spy on Sinners
Lewis Tappan hated slavery as much as he hated people who didn’t pay their debts. In 1841, he found he could do...
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5.0KBusiness and LaborBefore Monopoly All the Kids were Wild About Pope and Pagan
In 1844, young people of Massachusetts were treated to a new board game: Pope and Pagan, or Siege of the stronghold of...
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4.4K5New England PlacesSix New England Places That Became A Fictional Setting
Practically any place in New England could become a fictional setting, given the region’s strong literary tradition and distinctive landscape. Good writers...
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2.3KNew HampshireLouis de Rochemont: The New Hampshire Moviemaker Who Took on Hitler in 1938 and Won
Louis de Rochemont had a bone to pick in 1938. In the 1930s, American attitudes toward Nazi Germany and Adolph Hitler were...
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5.4K5MassachusettsIn 1863, Capt. Charles Russell Lowell Shot His Own Soldier. Murder or Duty?
At the outset of the Civil War, Capt. Charles Russell Lowell thought a benefit of being an officer was that he didn’t...
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15.4K1MassachusettsSamuel Adams – The Last Puritan Fights the American Revolution Twice
Samuel Adams, the troublemaking firebrand who stirred the common rabble into supporting the American Revolution, became known as the last Puritan late...
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