All posts tagged "Massachusetts Statehouse"
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3.7K1Crime and ScandalA Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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16.4K3bostonA City Upon a Hill: JFK Cribs From John Winthrop
John Winthrop was not a minister, but he preached a sermon to his Puritan followers on July 2, 1630 that went down...
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7.5K2MassachusettsThe 54th Massachusetts Regiment Waits 18 Months To Get Paid
Exactly one year after the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marched through Boston Common in a blaze of glory, Pvt. Francis H. Fletcher wrote bitterly...
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8.3K9Business and LaborRing Them Revere Bells
Only by accident did Paul Revere at 57 years old get into the business of casting bells. He’d had some experience with...
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