All posts tagged "Monhegan"
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12.6K2ConnecticutSamuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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13.2K3Crime and ScandalMonhegan Murder Mystery: What Did Rockwell Kent Know?
In 2013, Jamie Wyeth’s new portrait of Rockwell Kent on Monhegan Island, paintbrush and palette in hand, was exhibited at the Brandywine...
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26.6K4Arts and LeisureEdward Hopper in New England
Edward Hopper is known for his paintings of urban isolation, and yet he did some of his best loved work in rural...
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33.0K13Business and LaborThe Legend of Faneuil Hall’s Golden Grasshopper Weathervane
The truth is more interesting than the legend about the golden grasshopper perched above Faneuil Hall since 1742. The real story links...
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42.2K35Rhode IslandThe Great 1938 Hurricane, A Once-In-A-Lifetime Storm
The Great 1938 Hurricane took almost everyone by surprise. Sept. 21, 1938, was supposed to be a breezy fall day in New...
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10.5K5MainePeleg Wadsworth Escapes the British in Castine, Maine
The escape of Peleg Wadsworth from Fort George in Castine, Maine, was not something Col. John Campbell was anxious to report to...
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