All posts tagged "smuggling"
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9.9KPolitics 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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13.5KCrime and ScandalDiamond Jim Fisk, Murdered for the Love of a Beautiful Woman
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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8.6K1Crime 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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19.0K1ConnecticutThe Six Places That Suffered the Coldest Temperature Ever in a New England State
New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s grandmother once said, “Thirty below this morning. Seems like it might get cold.” It does get cold...
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52.8KMassachusettsDon Pedro, The Last True Pirate To Raid the Atlantic
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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17.6K3MassachusettsJohn 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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