In 1821, Revolutionary War captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
In 1742 Tom Bell was probably the most well known product of Harvard College in America. Everyone knew how he dressed, what...
Charles Goodyear might have live out his life as an obscure hardware store owner if the Great India Rubber Panic never took...
Elleanor Eldridge was an African-American woman born free in Rhode Island because her father fought in the American Revolution. During a lifetime...
In 1794, the Atlantic Ocean was a battleground, with the French and British at loggerheads. The British Navy, with the support of...
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...