All posts tagged "samuel pepys"
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14.7K4MassachusettsThe Massachusetts Scoundrel for Whom Downing Street is Named
London’s Downing Street, home of the British Prime Minister, was built by a Puritan from Massachusetts who switched sides in the English...
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23.7KConnecticutSamuel Danforth, Star-Gazing Puritan, Sees A ‘Herald of wrath to a secure and impenitent World,’ aka, A Comet
When a mighty comet streaked across the night sky in 1664, Samuel Danforth predicted a series of catastrophes for his fellow Puritans...
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