All posts tagged "religion"
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33.3K1Rhode IslandObadiah Holmes, The Baptist Martyr The Puritans Should Have Left Alone
The Puritan leaders of Massachusetts viewed Obadiah Holmes as a loathsome Baptist, and they ordered him whipped 30 times in public. They...
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14.5K4New England PlacesThe Six Oldest Synagogues in New England
The oldest synagogues in New England were built well after the first Jewish settlers arrived. Touro Synagogue, the only surviving synagogue from...
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10.2K3Massachusetts‘Sour Ale in Summer’ – The Puritan Beliefs of Charles Chauncy
In the early 1600s, the Anglican Church came under criticism from all manner of dissenters offering a wide variety of opinions on...
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22.2KNew HampshireNew Hampshire’s Constitutional Convention Creates a New Nation
In February 1788, George Washington was staying close to home at Mount Vernon, anxiously awaiting news from New Hampshire. The state’s constitutional...
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8.5K1bostonJean-Louis Cheverus, the Catholic Priest Even the Puritans Liked
Boston, today that most Catholic of American cities, had no Catholic church within 300 miles when Father Jean-Louis Lefebvre Cheverus arrived in...
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22.0KMassachusettsJoseph Palmer, Fashion Criminal, Persecuted for Wearing a Beard
In 1830, Joseph Palmer wore a long, flowing beard, considered such a fashion crime then that men attacked him and local authorities...
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