All posts tagged "puritans"
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2.6KConnecticutA Daughter of the Puritans Leads a Life of Secret Terror
A daughter of the Puritans led two lives. One, a happy ordinary life of a New England girl filled with school, friends,...
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4.2K1Business and LaborWhen Poor Apprentice Laborers Were 2 Years Old
In 1754, Boston’s overseer of the poor bound out Joseph Clifton, aged two, as an apprentice to Aaron Clinton, a brickmaker in...
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4.6KArts and LeisureWhy the Boston Anticks Barged Into Rich People’s Homes at Christmas
Toward the end of the 18th century, the Boston Anticks used to burst into mansions at Christmastime and stage silly plays before...
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6.2K2ConnecticutSamuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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6.8K1MassachusettsHow New England Invented Grandparents
If you wanted to know your grandparents or grandchildren back in the 17th and 18th centuries, your best bet was to live...
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5.1KMassachusettsProposed Ban on ‘Bitch’ Only the Latest in Boston Censorship
A Boston politician’s proposed ban on ‘bitch’ is only the latest in a city that has outlawed rock ‘n roll, Leaves of...
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3.1KConnecticutA Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
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16.9K3Arts and LeisureHow Ptown Got So Gay, Gay, Gay
Ptown, as so many know it, was once a shabby old seaport that had fallen on hard times. Yankees lived on one...
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13.2KCrime and ScandalA Sad Condition: Wilmot Redd and the Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, Wilmot Redd died on the gallows because her neighbors didn’t like her. Redd (or Reed/Read, by some accounts) was the...
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11.8K1New HampshireHow the Londonderry Scots-Irish Saved New Hampshire from Massachusetts
The Londonderry Scots-Irish prevented New Hampshire from a Massachusetts takeover by being fruitful and multiplying along the border. Massachusetts had taken over...
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