All posts tagged "Salem Mass."
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22.6K7Crime and ScandalThe Festive Murder Trial of Jessie Costello
In the summer of 1933, the murder trial of a brassy Peabody, Mass., housewife named Jessie Costello captured the world’s attention. Festive...
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16.2K16MassachusettsThe Great Snow Hurricane of 1804
On Oct. 9, 1804, a snow hurricane struck Eastern New England, the first time in recorded history a tropical storm produced snowfall....
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7.8K10MassachusettsThe Ghost Ship of Salem – God at Work in America
Rev. Cotton Mather was nothing if not a prolific storyteller and historian (as well as a supporter of the Salem witch trials)....
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35.1K14Business and LaborEleanor Creesy Navigates the World’s Fastest Clipper
Eleanor Creesy became an instant celebrity on Aug. 31, 1851, when the clipper ship she navigated sailed into San Francisco harbor. The...
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3.8K2Arts and LeisureHarriet Low Gets Home With the Courage of a Heroine
In one important way, Harriet Low had less freedom in 19th century Macao than she did in her hometown of Salem, Mass. She depended completely on Chinese workers...
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4.9K3MassachusettsTimothy Fuller Visits Salem, Buys Wine for Graduation
Timothy Fuller in July 1801 was about to graduate from Harvard, an event, he wrote, that “ushers me with my classmates into...
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