All posts tagged "governor"
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23.7K3MassachusettsMen in Drag: The Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Some of New England’s most distinguished statesmen and jurists kept a part of their past quiet later in their careers. They had...
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16.6KNew England PlacesThe Oldest Lighthouse in Each New England State
The oldest lighthouse in the country would have been in New England had the British not blown it up during the American...
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7.6K2Politics and MilitaryThe Time Vermont and N.H. Went to War Over (What Else?) Cows
The year 1813 was a rough one for the scrappy farmers who made their living in Northern New Hampshire’s Stewartston region. The...
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8.6K8Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. in New England
Martin Luther King Jr. spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in...
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11.6K3New HampshireThe Stone-Throwing Devil of New Castle, N.H.
During the summer of 1682, a stone-throwing devil persecuted a Quaker tavern owner named George Walton in what is now New Castle,...
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12.2K1MassachusettsJefferson Davis in New England – The Unlikely Campaign
Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, who would go on to become president of the confederate states during the Civil War, was no stranger...
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