All posts tagged "Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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13.1K20Arts and LeisureNathaniel Hawthorne Holes up in his Bedroom for 12 Years
For 12 years, Nathaniel Hawthorne worked to succeed as a writer in an attic bedroom in a house he called ‘Castle Dismal.’...
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9.3K7Arts and LeisureLeonard Nimoy Gets a Hand Up From JFK and EPP
In 1956, a 24-year-old taxicab driver named Leonard Nimoy got a call to pick up a Mr. Kennedy at the Bel-Air Hotel in...
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6.8K12MassachusettsAbraham Lincoln Responds to the Little People’s Petition From Concord, Mass.
The little people’s petition was signed by 195 children in Concord, Mass., asking President Lincoln to free all slave children. When Lincoln...
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16.6K21New HampshireThe Triumph and Tragedy of Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected as the 14th and possibly worst president of the United States on Nov. 2, 1852. During his presidency...
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12.2K8MassachusettsPlymouth Colony Drafts the First Laws in North America
Democracy formally took root in North America on Oct. 4, 1636, when Plymouth Colony drew up the first legal code on the...
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17.0K6MaineJoseph Moody, The Colonial Minister Who Wore a Handkerchief Over His Face
The story of the Rev. Joseph Moody, who preached with a handkerchief over his face, was too good for Nathaniel Hawthorne to...
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