All posts tagged "Haverhill NH"
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10.8K4Politics and MilitaryIn 1781, Vermont’s Thomas Johnson Got Trapped Between the Americans and British
In 1781 Thomas Johnson put himself squarely between both sides fighting the American Revolution. Johnson served as a colonel in the colonial...
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7.6K7Business and LaborAndrew Dexter Builds Boston’s First Skyscraper, Causes First Banking Collapse
In 1807, Andrew Dexter began building the tallest building in America, a temple of finance that soared an unheard-of seven stories —...
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9.3K4Arts and LeisureIthiel Town Revives Greek Architecture and Covered Bridges
New England would look a lot different today if Ithiel Town hadn’t created covered truss bridges and Greek Revival architecture. An architect...
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