All posts tagged "library"
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11.7KMassachusettsThe John Rutledge Shipwreck: A Horrifying Ordeal and One Miraculous Survival
Just after midnight on Feb. 20, 1856, the first mate of the packet ship John Rutledge began scratching out quick log entries....
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62.0K5Politics and MilitaryThe MTL Insanity File of Robert Todd Lincoln Discovered
Robert Todd Lincoln burned most of his papers and correspondence before he died. Most, but not all. He saved a collection of...
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32.6K1New England PlacesSix Lovers Leaps in New England
Lovers leaps are nearly always found in isolated spots where a fall could kill you. They tend to inspire tales of romantic...
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18.7KConnecticutHartford’s Sex Workers of 1913: An Intimate Portrait
In 1913, a juicy report on Hartford’s 200 sex workers came into such demand that the city quickly ran out of copies....
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15.3KNew HampshireThe Catholic Test – When New Hampshire Outlawed Catholics
New Hampshire’s Constitution, adopted in 1784, had some of the toughest restrictions on religious freedom in the new United States. It stated...
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31.3KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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