All posts tagged "Salem Mass."
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4.8K10MassachusettsThe Ghost Ship of Salem – God at Work in America
Rev. Cotton Mather was nothing if not a prolific storyteller and historian. His writings, more than 400 books and pamphlets, informed many...
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17.0K14Business 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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2.3K2Arts 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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3.1K3MassachusettsTimothy 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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9.0K17Arts and LeisureThe July 3rd Bonfire Craze of the Early 20th Century
Setting a bonfire in celebrationswas a longstanding New England tradition. In Boston, bonfires lit up Pope Night and the celebration of the...
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10.1K9Arts and LeisureAnne Bradstreet, 1st Woman Poet in America
Anne Bradstreet wasn’t just the first woman to be published in England’s North American colonies. She was the first Englishwoman to publish...
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