All posts tagged "john greenleaf whittier"
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6.4KMaineThe Siege of Scarborough and Maine’s Long War
In 1676, the colonial settlers in Scarborough, Maine, had abandoned the town after fierce fighting with a small army of Indians. That...
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8.4K3New HampshireEunice Cole, The Witch of Hampton Who Could Not Be Stopped
Virtually the entire town of Hampton, N.H., believed Eunice Cole was a witch, and from 1656 to 1680 she was hauled into...
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5.3K1New HampshireIn 1662 Robert Pike Halts a Quaker Persecution in Massachusetts
In 1662 three English Quakers arrived in Dover, N.H. It didn’t take long before the Puritan townspeople spoke up about the newcomers....
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12.4K2Arts and LeisureJohn Greenleaf Whittier and the Real Maud Muller
New England’s Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote the sentimental and melancholy story of Maud Muller in 1854. The poem, one of...
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13.5K3ConnecticutEight Things You Didn’t Know About the Pumpkin (But Want To)
If the English colonists knew how much pumpkin they’d eat when they got to New England, they might have had second thoughts...
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6.1K1Arts and LeisureYankee Troubadour Jonathan Plummer – The First Massachusetts Poet Laureate
There has never been an official Massachusetts poet laureate, but there certainly was an unofficial one. Jonathan Plummer of Newburyport, while not...
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11.3K2Arts and LeisureThe Pet Names of Famous New Englanders
When the Pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower, they brought with them two dogs described as a spaniel and a mastiff....
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5.9K9Arts and LeisureFanny and Oliver, The Unlikely Pair Who Secured the Legacy of Walt Whitman
On July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman was first published – to widespread shock and awe. Today’s literary classic was 1855’s...
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10.0K6Crime and ScandalThe Legend of the Ghost Ship Palatine
Every winter Block Islanders can spot the ghost of the flaming ship Palatine, or so the legend goes. The tale comes from...
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4.7KCrime and ScandalSkipper Ireson and his Wild, Curious Ride
In 1808, making a living from the sea was a dangerous business, and seafaring men like Marblehead’s Skipper Ireson were supposed to...
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