All posts tagged "diaries"
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6.8K2MassachusettsWashington 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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June 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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9.5K11Business and LaborHarriet Low Enters a Forbidden City During the China Trade
Harriet Low, a 21-year-old Puritan from Salem, Mass., tried to topple the barriers to American women in Canton, China. Canton, the epicenter...
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