All posts tagged "smuggling"
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5.1KPolitics and MilitaryThe Providence Tea Party: On Dry Land, in Daylight and Thrown By Women
Rhode Island patriots had no more love for tea than did their allies in Boston, and on March 2, 1775, they threw...
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7.7KCrime and ScandalThe Murder of Jim Fisk, Vermont’s Robber Baron
Jubilee Jim Fisk liked to live large – too large for his own good. He rose from humble beginnings in Vermont to...
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5.5K1Crime and ScandalProhibition in Vermont and the Legend of Catherine Dillon
Prohibition in Vermont started early. Liquor officially became illegal in parts of Vermont in the early 1800s, with towns demanding the right...
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9.3K1New England PlacesThe Six Places That Suffered the Coldest Temperature Ever in a New England State
April in New England may seem cold, but it’s nothing like the months when the coldest temperature is reported. Look for the...
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29.1KMassachusettsDon Pedro, The Last True Pirate To Raid the Atlantic Sea
Don Pedro, the handsome, ruthless Spanish pirate, apparently didn’t get the memo in 1832 that piracy was over in the Atlantic Ocean....
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9.7K3MassachusettsJohn Rowe Takes the Middle Path in the American Revolution
John Rowe was a prominent Boston merchant, socialite and politician at the time of the American Revolution. Born in England in 1715...
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4.3K2Politics and MilitaryThe Time Vermont and N.H. Went to War Over (What else?) Cows
The year 1813 was a rough one for the scrappy farmers who made their living in Northern New Hampshire’s Stewartston region. The...
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5.0KMassachusettsThomas Hancock and his Other Nephew – The One who wasn’t John
Thomas Hancock had two nephews: John, whose outsized signature on the Declaration of Independence is knowna round the world, and Ebenezer –...
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10.1K6Crime and ScandalMaine Smuggling and the Raid on Calais
The northern tip of the Maine coast was a smugglers’ paradise for generations. Maine smuggling was an essential part of the economy...
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24.2K12MassachusettsThe Liberty Affair – John Hancock Loses a Ship and Starts a Riot
In the spring of 1768, Boston smuggler Daniel Malcolm approached the British customs officials overseeing the port of Boston. And so he...
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