All posts tagged "governor"
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12.0K2MaineDavid Dunbar Tries to Steal Maine from Massachusetts in 1729
David Dunbar had an uncanny ability to agitate people. Though born in Ireland to a family of little means, in 1708 he...
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7.4KPolitics and MilitaryThe Butter vs. Margarine Wars Sweep Vermont in 1900
The 1900 U.S. Senate election in Vermont pitted Gov. William Dillingham against Congressman and Gen. William Grout. As the race got nastier,...
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10.1K1Massachusetts9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Bobby Kennedy
Many viewed the death of Bobby Kennedy in 1968 as the loss of the last great leader. Assassins’ bullets had taken the...
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18.4K2Arts and LeisureNew England’s Six Oldest Golf Clubs
In 1728, Royal Governor William Dummer arrived in Massachusetts with nine ‘goffe clubs,’ but it would be another 150 years before golf...
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13.3K4ConnecticutThe Revolutionary Holidays You May or May Not Celebrate
Revolutionary holidays didn’t start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
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47.2KScience and NatureA Vermont Moose Visits Paris in 1787
In 1784, a Vermont moose went to Paris to settle an argument between a French natural historian and Thomas Jefferson. The historian,...
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