In 1635, Mary Sholy had the tragic misfortune of meeting William Schooler. Schooler was not the sort of man the early settlers...
In June of 1775, with the Battle of Bunker Hill over, George Washington badly needed gunpowder. Rhode Island’s Abraham Whipple accepted a...
Gay Puritans in 17th century New Haven Colony were better off with money than without. Without wealth or social standing, they could...
Those quarrelsome publishers just love to argue over the honor of being the oldest newspaper in the United States. But which one...
In 1908, police in New Hampshire drew up a complaint against Madelon Kenmore, a woman they knew as Madelon Coburn. The charge...
In 1923, Senator Henry Lippitt decided it was time for him to retire. At age 66, he had served in the U.S....