All posts tagged "Salem Mass."
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250.3K68Connecticut1816: The Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June...
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5.5K2MassachusettsThe 54th Massachusetts Regiment Waits 18 Months To Get Paid
Exactly one year after the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marched through Boston Common in a blaze of glory, Pvt. Francis H. Fletcher wrote bitterly...
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18.7K16Crime and ScandalThe Deadly Rules of Massachusetts’ Court of Oyer and Terminer
On May 27, 1692, Massachusetts’ newly minted governor William Phips established the most famous court of oyer and terminer ever. Authorities establish...
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20.8K6ConnecticutThe New England Dark Day, May 19, 1780
The New England Dark Day was the darkest day of the American Revolution – a day as dark as night, a day...
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5.6K6Business and LaborFlashback Photo: Lydia E. Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound
Of all the patent medicines of the 19th century, Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made of alcohol and herbs, was perhaps...
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7.3K2MassachusettsWhat They Said About Easter in New England
Easter Sunday traditions in New England have long included dying eggs, wearing new clothes, baking hot cross buns and attending sunrise services....
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