All posts tagged "london"
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6.3K1Crime and ScandalElizabeth Canning Leaves Scandal Behind in Connecticut
In June of 1773, news reached England from Connecticut that Elizabeth Canning Treat had died. The announcement, carried in the newspapers of...
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7.4K1Business and LaborThe 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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14.6K16MassachusettsJohn Adams Wishes Thomas Jefferson ‘Many Happy New Years’
On New Year’s Day 1812, former president John Adams picked up his quill pen at his home in Quincy, Mass., and wrote...
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