In April 1818, the discovery that a body snatcher had removed eight human bodies from their final resting place shocked the people...
The Penobscot sachem Joseph Orono died in 1801, too early to know about his consolation prize for losing his people’s land to...
Shortly before the American Revolution broke out, an item appeared in a Boston newspaper identifying 18 patriots condemned to death. On Sept....
Joseph Warren, say some today, would have been the first president of the United States had he not been killed at the Battle...
In honor of President’s Day, the New England Historical Society brings you another guide to how to eat like a president. We...
In the spring of 1776, Mercy Otis Warren received a letter from her good friend Abigail Adams complaining about her husband John....