All posts tagged "printing"
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10.3K3MassachusettsThomas Maule, the Quaker Who Criticized the Salem Witch Trials – and Got Away With It
Thomas Maule, an outspoken Quaker, went to prison five times for criticizing Puritans in Salem, Mass. The Puritans also whipped him three...
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5.2K4Business and LaborAmerica Gains Its First Map, the Mapmaker Gains Back His Ear
Abel Buell was an uncommonly ingenious cartographer who created the first map of the United States, but only after part of his...
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5.6K2Arts and LeisureClarence DeMar Upends Medical Science, Proves Running Isn’t Bad for the Heart
Clarence DeMar survived a Dickensian childhood and bad medical advice to win the Boston Marathon seven times, despite taking two long breaks...
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10.8K6MassachusettsPeter Edes, Apprentice Printer, Imprisoned by the British
Peter Edes, 18, ended up in prison on June 19, 1775, after he caught the attention of the British Regulars by watching the Battle...
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7.0K8ConnecticutMary Katherine Goddard Risks Her Life, Prints the Declaration of Independence
In January 1777, the Continental Congress asked Mary Katherine Goddard to print the Declaration of Independence for distribution throughout the colonies. She...
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4.7KBusiness and LaborFlashback Photo: The Penny Postcard, Born in Springfield, Mass.
The first penny postcard in the United States was printed in 1873 by a Springfield envelope company that later patented a toilet paper holder....
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4.6K2MassachusettsThe Amazing Escape of Franklin Sanborn in 1860
One April evening in 1860. Franklin Sanborn answered a knock on the door of his home in Concord, Mass. Deputy U.S. Marshal...
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6.2K9Politics and MilitaryMatthew Lyon, Vermont’s Spitting Irishman
Much about Matthew Lyon of Fair Haven, Vt., is unclear, but one thing is certain. He started the first congressional brawl on...
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18.5K31MassachusettsBenjamin Franklin Has A Teachable Moment With Cotton Mather
When Benjamin Franklin first returned to Boston in 1724 after a year in Philadelphia, he went to visit Cotton Mather. What is...
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7.3K12Business and LaborWas Fannie Farmer a Good Cook?
When Fannie Farmer approached Little, Brown & Co., to publish her cookbook in 1896, the company made her pay for printing the...
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