All posts tagged "colonial new england"
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13.3K2MassachusettsHow the Codfish Started the American Revolution
The American Revolution was to some extent a fight over the big, stupid, slow-moving codfish. Codfish were by far colonial New England’s...
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14.3K4Arts and LeisureSix Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though the quintessential New England house is usually considered a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a few mid-century...
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8.4K3New HampshireEunice Cole, The Witch of Hampton Who Could Not Be Stopped
Virtually the entire town of Hampton, N.H., believed Eunice Cole was a witch, and from 1656 to 1680 she was hauled into...
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5.9KCrime and ScandalPersonal Ads and Swiping Right in 1680: Five Colonial Courtship Customs
The course of true love is never smooth, and in colonial New England young couples had many courtship customs to contend with....
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18.8K3Arts and LeisureSeven Colonial New England Games
The Puritans were never known for their lighthearted play, and the Puritan leadership viewed colonial New England games with disgust. In the early...
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6.0KUncategorizedRosewater, Bezoar Stone and Unicorn Horn: Seven Colonial Remedies
There was no shortage of illness in colonial New England and no shortage of colonial remedies. Our forebears left records of suffering...
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8.3K4New England PlacesThe Six Oldest Synagogues in New England
The oldest synagogues in New England were built well after the first Jewish settlers arrived. Touro Synagogue, the only surviving synagogue from...
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16.0K9Arts and LeisureInto the Trenchers: Seven Strange Facts About Dinner in Colonial New England
The colonists who first began settling in New England in the 1620s brought what furnishing they could from Europe, but they were...
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24.5K13bostonA 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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3984Business and LaborNew England Coffee Houses: From Fad to Revolution to Fraud
Coffee probably first arrived in New England in 1614 when John Smith sailed up the coast on an exploratory voyage, but New...
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