All posts tagged "commerce"
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16.1K7Business and LaborThe Bates Bedspread of Maine, America’s Favorite Counterpane
The Bates Bedspread, once found in nearly every household, has links to presidents, First Ladies, a famous midwife and countless women who...
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11.9K13New HampshireThe Revolutionary War Veterans Christmas Dinner in New Hampshire
Benjamin Pierce, a war hero and father of future president Franklin Pierce, threw a Christmas dinner for 21 Revolutionary War veterans in 1824....
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10.0K4Arts and LeisureRemembering Martin Bergen, From Beaneaters Star to Murder-Suicide
In the summer of 1934, three very different lives converged in North Brookfield, Mass.: song-and-dance man George M. Cohan; Philadelphia Athletics manager...
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17.6K8MassachusettsBritish Press Gangs Cause The Boston Riot of 1747
A British naval squadron commander in November 1747 incited the worst Boston riot until violence broke out against the Stamp Act of 1765. Commodore...
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11.1K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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10.8K10Crime and ScandalThe Scandalous 1806 Divorce of Elizabeth Derby West
Heiress Elizabeth Derby West caused a sensation in 1806 when she paraded a series of prostitutes through a Salem, Mass., courtroom to...
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