All posts tagged "kidnapping"
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11.7K3Politics and MilitaryWilliam Barton Goes From Rhode Island Hero to Vermont Deadbeat and Back
Rhode Island’s Col. William Barton seized his place in history in July of 1777 when he slipped into Middletown, R.I. He passed more...
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33.3K12MassachusettsThe Liberty Affair – John Hancock Loses a Ship and Starts a Riot
In the spring of 1768, Boston smuggler Daniel Malcolm approached the British customs officials overseeing the port of Boston. And so he...
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6.3KBusiness and LaborA Cape Codder Among the Cannibals – Benjamin Bourne’s Fantastic Voyage
As word of the California gold rush reached Cape Cod in 1848, Benjamin Bourne decided he couldn’t pass up such a good...
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7.5K1Crime and ScandalDerby, Vt., Harbors a Wealthy Kidnapper and Her Son, Allen Thorndike Rice
In 1860, wealthy kidnapper Elizabeth Thorndike Rice hid in Derby, Vt., with her son as her abusive ex-husband tried to find them....
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7.7K1Crime and ScandalHenry Cabot Lodge–Statesman, Historian and Witness to a Kidnapping
One day in 1860, Henry Cabot Lodge was sitting on the porch of the little school he attended in Nahant, Mass., when...
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6.6K1Crime and ScandalElizabeth Canning Leaves Scandal Behind in Connecticut
In June of 1773, news reached England from Connecticut that Elizabeth Canning Treat had died. The announcement, carried in the newspapers of...
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