All posts tagged "shipping"
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13.0KNew England PlacesThe Oldest Lighthouse in Each New England State
The oldest lighthouse in the country would have been in New England had the British not blown it up during the American...
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8.0KNew HampshireThe Dover Mill Girls Walk Out in America’s 1st Women’s Strike
When Dover mill girls went on strike against the Cocheco Manufacturing Co., they said their bosses secretly ‘abused and insulted’ them by calling...
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17.5K4Rhode IslandJames DeWolf, the RI Senator Who Murdered a Slave and Got Away With It
James DeWolf died the second richest man in America after accumulating a fortune from buying, selling and – in one case –...
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5.2K1MaineSamuel Williams Watches an Eclipse From Behind British Lines in 1780
The American Revolution was on in 1780, but that didn’t stop Harvard professor Samuel Williams from venturing behind British lines in Maine...
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8.0K1Politics and MilitaryCanada’s Confederate Plot Against St. Albans, Vermont
Sitting on the Canadian border didn’t insulate St. Albans, Vt., from Confederate attack during the American Civil War. Canadians viewed New England...
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16.1K1New England PlacesThe Oldest Bank in Each New England State
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
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