All posts tagged "Salem Mass."
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6.1K2MassachusettsThe 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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19.7K18Crime 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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21.9K8ConnecticutThe 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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6.1K6Business 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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7.9K2MassachusettsWhat 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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15.0K19MassachusettsSamuel Sewall Takes the Blame and Shame for the Salem Witch Trials
Samuel Sewall will forever be remembered as a judge in the Salem witch trials in 1692-3, less so for his apology five...
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