All posts tagged "shipping"
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6.5K2MassachusettsHarriet Low Endures Easter Sunday in Macao, 1830
Harriet Low was awakened by a spirited band in the street on Easter morning in the Portuguese colony of Macao on April...
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7.3K4Business and LaborWilliam King: From Shoeless Wanderer to First Governor of Maine
William King set out on his own at 19 with little more than his portion of his father’s estate: a team of...
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62.6K43MassachusettsEunice Williams, The Unredeemed Captive
In 1704, Mohawk Indians raided the frontier town of Deerfield, Mass. They captured local pastor John Williams, along with his family. Most...
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7.2K4Business and LaborHorace Vose, the RI Turkey Farmer Who Fed 11 Presidents on Thanksgiving
Horace Vose, a ]Westerly, R.I., turkey farmer, sent his turkeys to 11 presidents for four decades of Thanksgiving dinners and drama. Every...
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10.9K1Crime and ScandalNewport Pirate Charles Gibbs: 10 Stories We Never Knew
Newport pirate Charles Gibbs, hanged in 1831 in New York, was undoubtedly a nasty piece of work. As some historians pointed out,...
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12.6K8Business and LaborAustin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most loathsome blight the state ever produced. So perhaps...
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