All posts tagged "maritime history"
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1.8KBusiness and LaborHow the Irish Immigrants Came to New England
In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...
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4.8KMassachusettsThe Boston Massacre: John Adams Saves a Soldier’s Life
On March 5, 1770, Matthew Kilroy shot Samuel Gray to death during the Boston Massacre. Kilroy had fought with Gray earlier, and...
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6.5KMassachusettsThe Mercer Girls: When New England Girls Went West to Find Husbands
On Jan. 26, 1864, a young man from the Pacific Northwest gave a talk to unmarried girls in Lowell, Mass., about a...
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7.3KMassachusettsThe Ashton Valve Company Saves Lives
The Ashton Valve company was born out of Henry G. Ashton’s desire to make boiler rooms a safer working environment. In its...
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3.8KConnecticutSamuel Smedley, Fairfield’s Boy Commander of the Connecticut Navy
Samuel Smedley captured a dozen British vessels during the American Revolution, but the biggest obstacle to greater glory was the stinginess of...
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4.7K1MaineBeginner’s Guide to the French and Indian Wars, All Six of Them
Before the American Revolution, which everyone knows about, six – count ‘em, six – French and Indian Wars engulfed the region for...
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