All posts tagged "letter"
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9.2K2MassachusettsThe Jimmy Fund Cures the Original Jimmy, But Did the Red Sox Know?
Einar Gustafson was a 12-year-old cancer patient who launched the Jimmy Fund in 1948 and then quietly succumbed to the disease. Or...
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10.9K1Science and Nature7 Strange Things New Englanders Did During the Dog Days of Summer
Dogs were said to go mad during the dog days of summer, and New Englanders have certainly done strange things in the...
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4.6K1Massachusetts‘Sour Ale in Summer’ – The Puritan Beliefs of Charles Chauncy
In the early 1600s, the Anglican Church was under criticism from all manner of dissenters offering a wide variety of opinions on...
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7.5K1Politics and Military12 Fascinating Facts About the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July from the get-go has been a rowdy holiday with ringing bells, gunfire, cannonfire, fireworks, feasting, speeches and toasts. Over...
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5.9K1New England PlacesSix Historic Fourth of July Celebrations
The Fourth of July has been celebrated with feasting, fireworks and festivity since Boston shot off cannons on the first anniversary of...
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7.4K1MassachusettsLucy Downing, Puritan Wife and Harvard Founder
In the spring of 1636, Lucy Downing wrote a letter from England to her older brother, John Winthrop, six years after he...
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5.0KMassachusettsThomas Hancock and his Other Nephew – The One who wasn’t John
Thomas Hancock had two nephews: John, whose outsized signature on the Declaration of Independence is knowna round the world, and Ebenezer –...
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23.4K3New HampshireRichard Waldron and the Pennacook Indians – ‘Go Plant Your Pumpkins’
In 1676, Richard Waldron of Dover, N.H. received an unwelcome order from Massachusetts. King Philip’s War was winding down and a group...
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15.2KMassachusettsJoseph Palmer, Fashion Criminal, Persecuted for Wearing a Beard
In 1830, Joseph Palmer wore a long, flowing beard, considered such a fashion crime at the time that men attacked him and...
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18.1K3MassachusettsHow To Be A Good Puritan Mother
A good Puritan mother loved and cherished her children, but many died young and she was supposed to be stoic about it....
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