Samuel Adams, the troublemaking firebrand who stirred the common rabble into supporting the American Revolution, became known as the last Puritan late...
New England films number in the hundreds since the turn of the last century, partly because the region provides such rich material...
Beginning in 1836, many young ladies turned to a popular advice manual, A Young Lady’s Friend, which told them how to dress...
François-Jean de Chastellux, the French philosopher, writer and general, travelled to America in 1780 as part of the French expeditionary force in...
Born in 1776 to John Mix, Captain Ebenezer Mix was part of the postwar generation who opened up the China trade. First...
In 1830, Joseph Palmer wore a long, flowing beard, considered such a fashion crime then that men attacked him and local authorities...