All posts tagged "newburyport mass."
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12.7K4Arts and LeisureEthel Reed, The Beautiful Poster Lady Who Disappeared
The beautiful Ethel Reed blazed like a meteor across Boston’s artistic firmament in the 1890s, but after a broken engagement she all...
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6.3K3Business and LaborContinental Currency and the Grasshopper Plains Swindle
Continental currency constantly depreciated in value. Rather than tax people to raise funds for the Revolutionary War dragged on, the Continental Congress...
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13.7K4MassachusettsGeorge Whitefield – The Cross-Eyed Calvinist Bedevils the Conservative Colonists
Rev. George Whitefield was an early leader of the Methodist movement in England, but he split from it over theological differences. With...
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7.6KBusiness and LaborThree Historic Characters – Bumblebee Titcomb, Fooney Gerrish and Rhymer Toppan
Growing up in Newburyport, Massachusetts in the 1790s, Sarah Anna Emery’s mother recalled some of the most important events and colorful stories...
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10.0K4Religion and Social MovementsUncle Sam Smith Becomes a Methodist and Shocks his Kin
Growing up in Newburyport, Mass., in the 1790s, Sarah Anna Emery’s mother lived on the Smith farm, the family homestead of her...
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4.9KReligion and Social MovementsNewbury Finds a Scary New Preacher – When Calvinism Made a Comeback
In the 1790s, New England churches were experiencing religious shockwaves. The fire and brimstone days of Calvinism made a comeback. The harsh...
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