All posts tagged "governor"
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11.4K9Politics and MilitaryMatthew Lyon, Vermont’s Spitting Congressman
Much about Matthew Lyon of Fair Haven, Vt., is unclear, but one thing is certain. He started the first congressional brawl on...
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17.4K39MassachusettsThe Hope and Glory of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
In the middle of the Civil War, 1,007 African-American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment disembarked at Boston South Station with 37...
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33.6K31MassachusettsBenjamin Franklin Has A Teachable Moment With Cotton Mather
When Benjamin Franklin first returned to Boston in 1724 after a year in Philadelphia, he went to visit Cotton Mather. What is...
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29.1K8ConnecticutThe Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: Founding Document by a Founding Father
Free men from three Connecticut towns – Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield – signed The Fundamental Orders on Jan. 14, 1638 (N.S. Jan....
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16.5K2MassachusettsThe Beginning of the End of Slavery in Massachusetts
On Jan. 6, 1773, an African-American slave named Felix delivered a written request to the Massachusetts General Court. In it, he asked...
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11.3K7Arts and LeisureMellie Dunham, Maine Snowshoe Maker, Takes a Meteoric Ride to Stardom on the Vaudeville Circuit
Mellie Dunham was so busy making snowshoes at his family company in Norway, Maine, that he let a letter from Henry Ford...
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