All posts tagged "governor"
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7.0K7Arts 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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7.9K18New HampshireN.H. Gov. Benning Wentworth Grabs the King’s Masts, Along With Vermont
If it weren’t for Benning Wentworth, Vermont probably wouldn’t exist. Wentworth was the Colony of New Hampshire’s first governor, and on Jan....
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8.3K7Business and LaborEzekiel Straw, The Good Boss
Ezekiel Straw, born on Dec. 30, 1819, in Salisbury, N.H., 194 years ago, was an unusual mill agent – unusual in a...
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7.1K14Business and LaborPaul Cuffe and the Back-to-Africa Movement
The Back-to-Africa movement began with a wealthy mixed-race Quaker named Paul Cuffe. He brought African-American Bostonians to a Sierra Leone colony in...
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5.4K10MassachusettsTrade, Taxes, Monopolies and Tea: A Revolutionary Brew
On every December 16th, it’s hard not to turn your mind back to the year 1773 when the most famous protest of...
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42.0K42MassachusettsEunice Williams, The Unredeemed Captive
In 1704, Mohawk Indians raided the frontier town of Deerfield, Mass. They captured local pastor John Williams, along with his family. Most...
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