All posts tagged "letter"
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19.6K6MassachusettsTed Williams, The First Latin American Superstar
Few people knew Red Sox great Ted Williams had Mexican ancestry. That’s because he didn’t tell them. Teddy Samuel Williams was born...
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11.0K3Religion and Social MovementsThe Anti-Wedding of Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell
Henry Blackwell fell in love at first sight. Lucy Stone, the mild- looking but fire-breathing women’s rights advocate, mesmerized the young man....
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17.9K4Crime and ScandalThe Tragedy of Audrey Munson, America’s First Supermodel
You can still see the image of Audrey Munson in museums from Hartford to San Francisco. A statue of her, America’s first...
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18.2K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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11.6K5MaineHow the Civil War Made the Wild Maine Blueberry Go National
The wild Maine blueberry was an underappreciated fruit for centuries until the Civil War put it on the national map. In fact,...
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6.4K3Arts and LeisureThe Franklin Library, Not Quite What the Town Wanted
In 1790, the townspeople of Franklin, Mass., decided they wanted a bell. They got the Franklin Library instead. The library opened its...
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10.1K4Religion and Social MovementsBenedict Arnold and the Rhode Island Quakers, Ranters and Heretics
Rhode Island Quakers had cause to esteem Benedict Arnold more than a century before his descendant brought disgrace to his name. In...
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7.6K2ConnecticutThe Trumbull Store, Where George Washington Did His Shopping
When Gen. George Washington needed men, food, cannon or gunpowder for his army, he could usually get it at the Trumbull store...
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7.0K6Crime and ScandalMurderous Joseph Knapp Inspires Poe, Hawthorne
On May 14, 1830 Joseph Knapp, Sr., of Wenham, Mass., received a letter from Charles Grant of Belfast, Maine, demanding $350. Otherwise,...
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9.4K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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