All posts tagged "printing"
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11.2K9ConnecticutMary 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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7.5KBusiness and LaborThe 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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8.1K2MassachusettsThe 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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11.3K9Politics and MilitaryMatthew Lyon, Vermont’s Spitting Congressman
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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33.1K31MassachusettsBenjamin 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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13.5K12Business 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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