All posts tagged "Stoughton Mass."
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10.7K1Business and LaborWhen Poor Apprentice Laborers Were 2 Years Old
In 1754, Boston’s overseer of the poor bound out Joseph Clifton, aged two, as an apprentice to Aaron Clinton, a brickmaker in...
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8.4K2Arts and LeisureThe Stoughton Musical Society Wins America’s First-Ever Singing Contest in 1790
In 1790 the Stoughton Musical Society was challenged to a contest by the chorus of the First Parish Church in nearby Dorchester....
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46.2K12Crime and ScandalThe Great Brinks Robbery of 1950: Not Quite the Perfect Crime
The Great Brinks Robbery was the biggest armed robbery in U.S. history at the time. Thieves vanished after stealing $2.7 million, leaving few...
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