All posts tagged "printing"
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26.8K1New 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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14.8K18Business and LaborHow the Thoreau Pencil Wrote, and Paid for, Walden
The Thoreau pencil was a triumph in Henry David Thoreau’s lifetime, overshadowed since by the posthumous fame of his books and essays...
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18.4K4Arts and LeisureThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and John Adams are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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35.1K4ConnecticutSix New England Presidential Visits and the Stories Behind Them
New England is full of sites that hosted past presidential visits as the country’s leaders came north in search of votes, campaign...
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17.9KArts and LeisureA Christmas First for New England? Each State Can Claim One.
New England is as unlikely a place as there is to celebrate a Christmas first. After all, Puritans in Massachusetts and Connecticut...
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22.8K5Business and LaborLouis Prang, Father of the American Christmas Card, Santa Claus of American Art
Louis Prang put Christmas cards into millions of American mailboxes and fine art into millions of American homes. He arrived in Boston...
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