All posts tagged "new deal"
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2.6KUncategorizedThe Business Plot, or When J.P. Morgan’s Pals Tried To Overthrow FDR
In 1934, Hitlerite paramilitary groups made headlines goose stepping their way around New York. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover got wind of...
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12.4KNew HampshireThe New Hampshire Recount That Went On For 19 Months
Every election year, local and state election administrators across the country utter a prayer: “Please God, don’t let it be close!” Yet,...
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14.5K2ConnecticutDutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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7.6KConnecticutBridgeport Elects a Socialist Mayor Again and Again and Again
Bridgeport, Conn., elected a socialist mayor for 24 years. Jasper McLevy was beloved in the city despite his friendship with a notorious...
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48.5K14Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a New Hampshire Accent
Woe to the presidential wannabe who doesn’t study the New Hampshire accent before entering the First in the Nation Presidential Primary (and...
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11.3K1ConnecticutSix Historic Places Connected to Illicit Love Affairs
Illicit love affairs are as much a part of history as are war and elections, and the New England Historical Society doesn’t...
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