All posts tagged "romance"
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22.7K28ConnecticutMiss Porter’s School Finishes Socialites, Scholars and a First Lady
The educational reformer founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would...
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19.4K5New HampshireThe Tragic Love Affair of Former NH Gov. John Winant and Sarah Churchill
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It...
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43.6K15Arts and LeisureI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Hope Surfaces from Despair
On Christmas day in 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was inspired to write the poem we now know as the Christmas carol, I...
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4.9K4Arts and LeisureSarah Helen Whitman, Providence Poet Who Dumped Edgar Allan Poe
Sarah Helen Whitman loved poetry and loved Edgar Allan Poe – for a while, at least. She was a poet in her...
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9.7K10Crime and ScandalLucy Lambert Hale Gets A Valentine From John Wilkes Booth
Lucy Lambert Hale cut a broad swath through the hearts of Washington’s young bachelors in the 1860s. Her suitors included future Supreme...
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9.7K8Crime and ScandalThe Tragic Love Affair of Unfortunate Hannah Robinson
Hannah Robinson, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy colonial planter, set off one of the greatest scandals of colonial America when she...
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