All posts tagged "Civil War"
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2.4KMassachusettsAbe Lincoln’s Puritan Ancestors (Cavaliers and Baptists, Too)
Abraham Lincoln, the Great Unifier, didn’t talk much about his Puritan ancestors. Nor did he talk much about his ancestors from Virginia,...
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7.3KMassachusettsThe Mercer Girls: When New England Girls Went West to Find Husbands
On Jan. 26, 1864, a young man from the Pacific Northwest gave a talk to unmarried girls in Lowell, Mass., about a...
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3.2KBusiness and LaborThe Working Girls of Boston: Immoral Floozies or Honest Toilers?
During the Gilded Age, the working girls of Boston had to contend not just with low pay but with reputations as immoral...
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8.6KMassachusettsThe Ashton Valve Company Saves Lives
The Ashton Valve company was born out of Henry G. Ashton’s desire to make boiler rooms a safer working environment. In its...
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6.9KArts and LeisureKetchup Made With Sugar? An Offense Against God For Some Mainers
The old saying “As Maine goes, so goes the nation,” may have applied to politics, but never to ketchup. The historic novelist...
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5.1KbostonSix Fun Facts About Henry Adams
Henry Adams during his lifetime was known as a snob and a grouch. He was, after all, an Adams, the grandson and...
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