All posts tagged "newburyport mass."
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24.7K4Business and LaborTimothy Dexter, the Ridiculous Millionaire Who Sold Coals to Newcastle
Timothy Dexter was considered a lucky fool for selling coal to Newcastle and bed warmers to the tropics – and somehow making...
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6.2KMassachusettsPresidents Day Quiz
How well do you know our presidents? Take the New England Historical Society Presidents Day quiz to find out! [mlw_quizmaster quiz=3]
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7.6K5New HampshireMargery Brown and Owen O’Sullivan – An Unlikely Love Story
Margaret Brown of County Cork in Ireland had a fierce beauty and a temper to match. She crossed from Ireland in 1723...
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8.7K4Business and LaborNewburyport Rum Withstands the Test of Time — Almost
Caldwell’s Newburyport Rum may or may not have been the best of the so-called Boston rums, but it lasted the longest. Except...
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9.1K2Arts and LeisureThe Circus Comes to Newburyport – and Scandalizes the More Upright Citizens
When the circus came to Newburyport, Mass. in 1810, it wasn’t viewed as a completely respectable form of entertainment, and those who...
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70.2K4Business and LaborThe New England Teachers Who Invented New Math in 1788
By 1885 Americans were ready for new math. In 1773, the sixth edition of Thomas Dilworth’s classic Schoolmaster’s Assistant was the dominant...
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