John Jacob Astor made a fortune. But did he do it as a fur trader, as he told everyone? Or, was his...
Much of what the early European explorers learned of the New England coast they owe to Martin Pring. And Martin Pring owes...
For 12 years, Nathaniel Hawthorne worked to succeed as a writer in an attic bedroom in a house he called ‘Castle Dismal.’...
In 1744, Dr. Alexander Hamilton took a long trip to New England for his health. Given the rigors of travel in those...
New London, Conn., resident Joshua Hempstead made an entry in his diary on April 9, 1715, as he did nearly every day for...
Samuel Sewall will forever be remembered as a judge in the Salem witch trials in 1692-3, less so for his apology five...