All posts tagged "Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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14.4K9MassachusettsPlymouth 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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20.0K6MaineJoseph 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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11.0K9MassachusettsRose Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter, Becomes Candidate for Catholic Saint
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a candidate for something the Puritans abhorred: Catholic sainthood. She was born...
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50.2K45MassachusettsThe Maypole That Infuriated the Puritans
Had it not been for his May Day party with a giant Maypole, Thomas Morton might have established a New England colony...
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6.6K4Arts and LeisureCelia Thaxter: ‘So Still and Heavenly and Fresh and Full of Promise’
Celia Thaxter found solace, friendship and fame on the Isles of Shoals, a tiny archipelago off the coast of New Hampshire and...
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26.4K20Arts and LeisureThe Two Loves of Louisa May Alcott
Before Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, she wrote a book about a young girl named Sylvia in love with an intellectual...
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