New England Historical Society

All posts tagged "marine history"

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Business and Labor
The Wreck of the Greenfield Marks the End of the Connecticut River Men
In 1840, the river men who hitched their fortunes to ships like the Greenfield, which hauled freight up and down the Connecticut...
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Massachusetts
The Wreck of the Magnifique Ends John Paul Jones’ American Naval Career
When the captain of the French ship Magnifique sailed in to Boston Harbor in the summer of 1782, he would have been...

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