All posts tagged "Peabody"
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45.5K12Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George...
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10.8K2MassachusettsWhen Massachusetts Was a Paradise for Tramps
So many tramps rode the rails into Massachusetts after the Civil War that in 1899 a group of charity administrators published a...
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17.2K2ConnecticutThe Great September Gale of 1815
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
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63.5K7Business and LaborJ.P. Morgan, The Robber Baron With the Disturbing Facial Feature
J.P. Morgan, the Gilded Age’s most powerful and feared financiers, had an Achilles heel – or nose, rather. He became so rich...
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8.7K4Massachusetts6 Famous Franco-American Writers from New England
Let’s face it, Franco-American writers never receive their due. They tend to get pigeonholed as regional writers, and they can’t take advantage...
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56.0K2New England PlacesSix Stunning Gothic Revival Buildings By Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan didn’t leave much in the way of paper records, but he did change the face of Puritan New England with...
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