Abner Small of Waterville, Maine, narrowly evaded capture at the Battle of Gettysburg, only to be taken prisoner of war 13 months...
In one important way, Harriet Low had less freedom in 19th century Macao than she did in her hometown of Salem, Mass. She depended completely on Chinese workers...
Dr. Alexander Hamilton saw many pretty women and not one prude during the 12 days he spent in Boston in the summer of...
Springfield school teacher Mary Ames and her friend Emily Bliss opened a school for the liberated slaves on Edisto Island, S.C., after...
Timothy Fuller in July 1801 was about to graduate from Harvard, an event, he wrote, that ‘ushers me with my classmates into...
John Quincy Adams collapsed on the floor of the House of Representatives on Feb. 23, 1848 and died two days later. After...