All posts tagged "mail"
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6.5K8Business and LaborSamuel Morse, the Artist Who Invented the Telegraph
‘What Hath God Wrought?’ With those words, the invention known as the telegraph was first put into use in a transmission from...
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11.7K9MassachusettsWilliam Tudor Falls In Love With A Loyalist
William Tudor fell in love with a loyalist. It was an awkward position for a rebel who would become the first judge...
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11.4K9Politics and MilitaryMatthew Lyon, Vermont’s Spitting Congressman
Much about Matthew Lyon of Fair Haven, Vt., is unclear, but one thing is certain. He started the first congressional brawl on...
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14.5K13MaineFlying Santa: Dropping Gifts on Lighthouses Since 1929
The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...
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9.1K3Business and LaborLewis Downing Conquers the West With the Concord Coach
The Concord Coach might have been called the Lexington Wagon had Lewis Downing decided against visiting his fiancee in New Hampshire. A...
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12.5K8ConnecticutNew England Slavery: Decent Burial for a Slave Named Fortune, 200 Years Late
More than 200 years after his death, a Waterbury, Conn., slave received a proper burial. His name is Fortune, and his journey...
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