All posts tagged "Ipswich Mass."
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29.6K2ConnecticutHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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9.8K6MassachusettsA 27-year-old Woman Died in a 1913 Ipswich Mill Strike; She Never Did Get Justice
On June 10, 1913 a long simmering Ipswich mill strike was grinding onward. For weeks seven hundred mostly Greek workers at the...
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10.2K2Crime and ScandalCaptain Walter Barefoot Fights the Law, 17th-Century Style
Back in the day when lawyers were cheap, Capt. Walter Barefoot was in and out of court almost 150 times during the...
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45.8K28Business and LaborThe Invention of the Fried Clam
On July 3, 1916, Lawrence ‘Chubby’ Woodman invented the fried clam – or at least as we know the revered mollusk today. It...
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14.5K14MassachusettsRemembering the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635
The Great Colonial Hurricane, probably the strongest storm in New England’s history, struck on Aug. 25, 1635. The Rev. Richard Mather and...
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6.8K10Crime and ScandalRufus Choate Wins Trial of the Century With Sleepwalking Defense
Rufus Choate was the first person to successfully use the sleepwalking defense in a sensational 19th-century trial for a man accused of...
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