It’s always hard to buy books for book lovers because you just don’t know if they’ve read them already. But you can’t...
The Ashton Valve company was born out of Henry G. Ashton’s desire to make boiler rooms a safer working environment. In its...
With friends like Richard Cutts, James Madison didn’t need enemies. Though Cutts was the rare New Englander who supported Mr. Madison’s War,...
Timothy Dexter was considered a lucky fool for selling coal to Newcastle and bed warmers to the tropics – and somehow making...
New England’s first Thanksgiving, at least the one celebrated by European colonists, wasn’t in Plymouth, Mass. There actually were Thanksgiving-type holidays in...
In early spring of 1861, the Nightingale of Boston set sail for Liverpool. She carried grain, bread and barrels, broken down for...