All posts tagged "letters"
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9.4K1MassachusettsThe 1755 Earthquake Shakes Up John Adams and All of New England
The great 1755 earthquake was part of a series of earthquakes (probably related to each other) that wracked both sides of the...
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10.6KMassachusetts5 People Who Threw Shade on George Washington
George Washington possessed a unique set of qualities that inspired the people of 13 British colonies to create a new country. He...
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6.7K4Massachusetts6 Famous Franco-American Writers from New England
Let’s face it, Franco-American writers never receive their due. They tend to get pigeonholed as regional writers, and they can’t take advantage...
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16.1K2Rhode IslandHow Percy Marks Got Fired from Brown for Exposing the Depravities of the Ivy League
In 1924, an obscure Brown University English instructor named Percy Marks rocketed to fame with his first novel, The Plastic Age, an...
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16.0K13Connecticut16 Fun Facts About Noah Webster, the Dictionary Writer Who Was Slightly Nuts
Noah Webster was an odd duck, a famously fussy lexicographer who not only Americanized the English language but created the idea of...
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20.8K3MassachusettsNew England’s Beloved Shipwreck, the Schooner Nancy
Life handed a shipwreck to the owner of the schooner Nancy during a storm off the New England coast in 1927. So...
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