All posts tagged "Marshfield"
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22.7K2ConnecticutIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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12.9K1MassachusettsJefferson Davis in New England – The Unlikely Campaign
Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, who would go on to become president of the confederate states during the Civil War, was no stranger...
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12.1K30New England PlacesSix New England Places With a Unique Name
The early English and Scots-Irish settlers tended not to give a new settlement a unique name. Many New England place names came...
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34.1K3bostonThe Hope and Despair of Acadian Exiles, 1755-1766
In the winter of 1755, two Marshfield, Mass., selectmen knocked on the door of the Michel family, seven Acadian exiles. They brought...
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22.6K2Arts and LeisureThe Pet Names of Famous New Englanders
When the Pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower, they brought with them two dogs described as a spaniel and a mastiff....
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30.4K16bostonHow Boston’s South Shore Became the Irish Riviera
Visit the South Shore of Massachusetts and you won’t have much doubt about why people call it the Irish Riviera. Orange-and-green flags...
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