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All posts tagged "Liverpool"

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Massachusetts
The Irish Emigrants’ Guide To Surviving the Irish Famine Ships
From 1845 to 1855, famine ships brought 2 million Irish emigrants to ports in Boston, New York and Canada. They were fleeing...
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Business and Labor
The Sparkling Career of the Blue Jacket – an Original Boston Clipper
The art of making clipper ships like the Blue Jacket came down to one thing: Speed. Clipper ships were mid-19th century merchant...

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