All posts tagged "correspondence"
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5.5K1MassachusettsHow John Adams Became A “Church going Animal”
It took a lifetime of study and reflection for John Adams to come up with his religious credo. In the end, the...
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42.6K1MassachusettsSamuel Whittemore, The Oldest, Bravest and Maybe Craziest American Revolutionary
On April 18, 1775, British soldiers left Samuel Whittemore in a pool of blood alongside a stone wall in Menotomy, Mass. As...
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8.9K2New HampshireThe Tempestuous Life of Tobias Lear, George Washington’s In-Law
Col. Tobias Lear V, known as Toby to his friends, left his mark on the early history of the United States as...
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31.8K2Politics and MilitaryThe MTL Insanity File of Robert Todd Lincoln Discovered
Robert Todd Lincoln burned most of his papers and correspondence before he died. Most, but not all. He saved a collection of...
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9.0K10ConnecticutSix Amazing Indian Women From New England
Indian women faced double discrimination since the first European colonists arrived in the Americas. Many fought back against the prejudice that destroyed...
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15.4K1MassachusettsThe 18 Patriots Condemned to Death – Who Wouldn’t Die
Shortly before the American Revolution broke out, an item appeared in a Boston newspaper identifying 18 patriots condemned to death. On Sept....
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12.1KArts and LeisureCaptain Kidd’s Treasure and the Secrets of the Astor Fortune
John Jacob Astor made a fortune. But did he do it as a fur trader, as he told everyone? Or, was his...
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25.6K9Connecticut6 Stops on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who hid fugitives from slavery in their homes during the day and moved them...
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3924bostonJudith Sargent Murray, the Forgotten Revolutionary
In 1984, 20 volumes of 5,000 letters by an 18th-century feminist were discovered in Natchez, Miss. They were written by Judith Sargent...
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9.5K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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