With Mother’s Day soon upon us, it’s a good time for a reminder about heroic moms. For much of New England history,...
In July of 1726, William Fry stood trial in Boston for murdering a ship’s captain and embarking on a monthlong piracy spree....
In 1808, making a living from the sea was a dangerous business, and seafaring men like Marblehead’s Skipper Ireson were supposed to...