All posts tagged "printing"
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13.5KNew England PlacesThe Oldest Newspaper in Each New England State
Those quarrelsome publishers just love to argue over the honor of being the oldest newspaper in the United States. But which one...
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31.8K11Arts and LeisureMaxfield Parrish, A Mechanic Who Painted Fantastically
The landscape of Vermont and New Hampshire inspired Maxfield Parrish in 1922 to create the lush, romantic painting Daybreak. Daybreak became the...
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5.7K1New England PlacesSix Places Where a Revolutionary Hero Lived
You didn’t have to show courage in battle to be a revolutionary hero. But if you were, it probably took more than...
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11.8KConnecticutHow a Slave and a Counterfeiter Made the Fugio Cent, the 1st U.S. Money
A convicted counterfeiter and a Connecticut slave made the first U.S. coin, called the fugio cent, in fulfillment of a government contract...
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13.5K1MassachusettsThe Mysterious Rev. Josiah Baxter Murdered in Boston in 1673
In 1673 word reached England that the Rev. Josiah Baxter had been ruthlessly murdered in Boston. Baxter was an Anglican minister who...
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10.6KNew HampshireThe Dover Mill Girls Walk Out in America’s 1st Women’s Strike
When Dover mill girls went on strike against the Cocheco Manufacturing Co., they said their bosses secretly ‘abused and insulted’ them by calling...
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