All posts tagged "diaries"
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4.3K8MassachusettsNora Saltonstall to Her Dad in WWI: ‘I’m Staying in the Fight’
The day after her 24th birthday in war-torn France, Nora Saltonstall begged her Brahmin father to let her stay in Europe with...
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4.6KPolitics and MilitarySgt. John Smith, 1st Rhode Island Regiment, Prepares To Watch an Execution
Sgt. John Smith of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment kept a diary during the American Revolution that explains why the Continental Army...
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4.2KMassachusettsLydia Bacon Goes to the Western Wilderness (of Pittsburgh)
Boston native Lydia Bacon decided to join Army Lt. Josiah Bacon — her brand-new husband — in the Pittsburgh wilderness in 1811....
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7.3K2MassachusettsCapt. John Underhill Gets Un-Banished From Massachusetts Bay, 1640
Capt. John Underhill paid a steep price for crossing the early Puritan establishment in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was banished, and...
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27.4K1Arts and LeisureAlexander Hamilton Bids Farewell to Connecticut and Its Ragged Money
Alexander Hamilton had a rough night of sleep before leaving Connecticut in August 1744, and that may have colored his farewell to...
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7.9K7MaineMartha Ballard, Midwife. As Good As, In Some Ways Better Than, the Best Doctors
Martha Ballard somehow managed to deliver 797 babies in the frontier community of Hallowell (now Augusta), Maine, between 1785 and 1812. She...
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