All posts tagged "post office"
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16.1K1New England PlacesThe Oldest Bank in Each New England State
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
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7.7K4ConnecticutHow The Spirit of 76 Became World War I Propaganda
The Spirit of 76 reappeared again and again after the American Revolution as an idea, as a symbol and as a propaganda...
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62.6K15MaineHow the Real Miss Rumphius Decorated Maine With Lupines
There was a real Miss Rumphius who lived in Christmas Cove and secretly planted lupine seeds to adorn Maine’s roadsides and meadows....
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11.9K1ConnecticutThe Hartford Insurance Story: One Man, One Bold Stroke, One Insurance Capital
In 1835 Connecticut’s Eliphalet Terry assumed leadership of a small Hartford insurance firm. Within one year, and with one master stroke, he...
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17.0K3New England PlacesSix Historic Post Offices
New England is dotted with historic post offices, from simple clapboard buildings to grand Beaux Arts palaces. In the earliest days of...
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33.7K14ConnecticutSix Oldest Libraries in New England
Identifying New England’s oldest libraries is no easy task. In the early days of European settlement, book collections took many different forms....
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