All posts tagged "diaries"
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5.9K2MassachusettsWashington Arrives in Cambridge To Take Command
George Washington on first sight impressed Dr. James Thacher as ‘noble and majestic.’ Thacher, then 21, was then trying to enlist as a...
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7.2K8MassachusettsJune 21, 1677: Samuel Sewall Approves the Persecution of Quakers
Samuel Sewall feared and disliked the Quakers who zealously challenged the Puritan regime in Massachusetts. Sewall, who sat in judgment during the...
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8.6K11Business and LaborA Young Puritan Woman Chronicles the China Trade
Harriet Low was only 21 when she tried to topple the barriers to American women in Canton, China – the epicenter of...
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