In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
The story of Maine statehood is also the story of a province and a people exploited by absentee owners and left defenseless...
On the moonless night of Dec. 18, 1813, a pair of mysterious blue lights at the mouth of the Thames River thwarted...
On August 24, 1814 the British troops stationed around the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812 made a march to Washington....