All posts tagged "french revolution"
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11.8K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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6.6KMassachusettsJames Swan – The Man Who Financed Two Revolutions
In 1794, the Atlantic Ocean was a battleground. The French and British were at loggerheads, and the British Navy, with the support...
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7.8KMassachusetts5 People Who Threw Shade on George Washington
George Washington possessed a unique set of qualities that inspired the people of 13 British colonies to fight for their freedom and...
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4.5KMassachusettsA French Medicine Man Confronts Yankee Morality in 1788
In 1788 Pierre de Sales Laterrière traveled from Canada to Massachusetts to study medicine. Born around 1743, he had been a practicing...
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4.2KMassachusettsRobert Hallowell, British Tax Collector, Returns to Boston in 1792
Robert Hallowell served as the British tax collector in Boston. He first served as tax collector for Portsmouth, N.H. but was elevated...
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4.4K1Religion and Social MovementsJean-Louis Cheverus, the Catholic Priest Even the Puritans Liked
Boston, today that most Catholic of American cities, had no Catholic church within 300 miles when Father Jean-Louis Lefebvre Cheverus arrived in...
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3.6K3Business and LaborCape Cod Captain Elijah Cobb Meets the French Guillotine and Lives to Tell Of It
At 26, Elijah Cobb had risen from cabin boy to ship’s master. The year was 1794, and Cobb, of Brewster, Mass., had...
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25.5K5Arts and LeisureGeorge Francis Train, One of the Few Sane Men in a Mad, Mad World
George Francis Train, a nutty, attention-seeking businessman, in 1871 traveled around the world in 80 days. The feat caused a sensation, but...
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