All posts tagged "Saratoga"
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5.3K1Arts and LeisureHow the Mark Twain Library Started With Books He Defaced
The Mark Twain Library in Redding, Conn., started with 200 books donated by local resident Mark Twain – books he’d scribbled over...
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13.1K1Crime and ScandalThe Northampton National Bank Heist, the Biggest in U.S. History
On the morning of Jan. 26, 1876, a woman screamed from her bedroom window that burglars had robbed the Northampton National Bank...
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5.0K1New England PlacesSix Places Where a Revolutionary Hero Lived
You didn’t have to show courage in battle to be a revolutionary hero. But if you were, it probably took more than...
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8.2KCrime and ScandalDr. T. Thatcher Graves and The Rhode Island Mail Order Murder
In September of 1893, Rhode Island’s Dr. T. Thatcher Graves poisoned himself with morphine. He said he was driven to it by...
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6.6KPolitics and MilitaryValcour Island, America’s Victorious Defeat on Lake Champlain
In the fall of 1776, a scrappy little patriot navy stymied an invasion by overwhelming British military forces during the Battle of...
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14.7K2New England PlacesSix Loyalist Houses
A Loyalist House was likely to be seized and sold when the American Revolution broke out. Many colonies passed laws that let...
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