All posts tagged "John Adams"
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4.4KArts and LeisureSamuel Morse Paints 38 Masterpieces (And Then Invents the Telegraph)
Samuel Morse as a young man wanted nothing more than to be an artist, an aspiration upon which his Puritan parents frowned....
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4.6KCrime and ScandalBathsheba Spooner, Hanged for Murder—Or For Her Loyalist Father?
In March of 1778, a traveler brought strange news to Sandwich, Mass., about an unnatural murder in Brookfield. A woman had hired...
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3.3KMassachusettsStephen Higginson Tells Fish Stories To Parliament In 1771 and Gets Arrested For It
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
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7.2KMassachusettsThe Boston Massacre: John Adams Saves a Soldier’s Life
On March 5, 1770, Matthew Kilroy shot Samuel Gray to death during the Boston Massacre. Kilroy had fought with Gray earlier, and...
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4.4KMassachusettsJohn Adams Skipped the Inauguration of His Successor. So Did His Son.
At 4 AM on a warm spring day, a stagecoach rumbled from the White House carrying the outgoing president of the United...
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6.7KbostonSix Fun Facts About Henry Adams
Henry Adams during his lifetime was known as a snob and a grouch. He was, after all, an Adams, the grandson and...
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