All posts tagged "post office"
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43.3K6bostonMarried to a Murderer, H.W. Mudgett
Clara Lovering eloped with 17-year-old Herman Webster Mudgett before a New Hampshire justice of the peace in 1878. She didn’t expect him...
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15.1K2MassachusettsWilliam Mitchell Kendall: The Man Behind the Post Office’s Famous and Unofficial Motto
William Mitchell Kendall never delivered a single piece of mail, but he gave the United States Post Office its most famous motto....
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21.2K13Business and Labor6 of the Oldest General Stores in New England
General stores had their heyday between 1820 and 1860, when income was rising and the population was growing. Like the Hope General...
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16.7K2Arts and LeisureThe Fall River Skeleton in Armor
The Fall River skeleton discovered in 1832 in a sand bank near a church had an unusual feature: It was clad in...
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27.8K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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14.5K6Arts and LeisureThe Missing Kennebunkport Mural of the WPA
Towns and cities across America are dotted with WPA-era murals. Many of them pay tribute to the working classes of America. But...
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