Born in 1839, Enoch Foster might well be the prototype for a Maine politician of his era. Graduated from both Bates and...
In November 1852, newspapers in Pennsylvania gave over 650 words to assailing the flaws of the New Englander. In a wide-ranging screed...
Like many vigilante groups in New England, the Society of Mutual Aid Against Thieves came about for good reason in Worcester, Mass.,...
On the night of February 8, 1673, Thomas Cornell rushed into the sitting room where he had earlier left his mother Rebecca...
Does the Book of Mormon, the sacred text of the Mormon Church, owe its existence to Nathaniel Woods, leader of an unusual...
In the winter of 1755, two Marshfield, Mass., selectmen knocked on the door of the Michel family, seven Acadian exiles. They brought...