Murder, affairs, brawls and politics! They all had a home in Boston’s colonial taverns. Taverns provided vital services in colonial times. Strangers...
The American Revolution was to some extent a fight over the big, stupid, slow-moving codfish. Codfish were by far colonial New England’s...
Though the quintessential New England house is usually considered a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a few mid-century...
Virtually the entire town of Hampton, N.H., believed Eunice Cole was a witch, and from 1656 to 1680 she was hauled into...
The course of true love is never smooth, and in colonial New England young couples had many courtship customs to contend with....
The Puritans were never known for their lighthearted play, and the Puritan leadership viewed colonial New England games with disgust. In the early...