All posts tagged "mayflower"
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48.4K41bostonA Brief History of the Boston Brahmin
There’s more to being a Boston Brahmin than simply having an early Puritan ancestor, graduating from Harvard and living on Beacon Hill....
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7.0K4MassachusettsTisquantum Mediates Peace to Benefit the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag and Himself
In 1624, England was hungry for news from its colonies and Edward Winslow provided it. His Good Newse From New England told...
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27.7K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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6.8K7Politics and MilitaryThe Peace Policy of Passaconaway and the Founding of New England
One of the first American Indians to come to the attention of English explorers visiting New England was an exceptionally tall leader...
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6.1K2bostonJustin Winsor, the Genealogy Nut Who Founded the Library Profession
Libraries might be very different places today were it not for Justin Winsor, who became the head librarian at the Boston Public...
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16.6K32MassachusettsSam Adams Walked Into a Tavern and Started a Revolution
Sam Adams was a devout Puritan who brought his religious convictions to the fight for American liberty. That did not mean he...
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