All posts tagged "Swansea"
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13.1K1MassachusettsThe Puritans Blame Provoking Evils for King Philip’s War
Increase Mather could see King Philip’s War coming from his pulpit. All around him he saw sinful activity: periwigs, high prices, tippling...
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16.8K3Politics and MilitaryThe Surprising German U-boat Visit to Newport, RI, During WWI
A surprise German U-boat visit to Newport Harbor during World War I started with pleasantries and ended with mayhem just south of...
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36.1KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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15.0K7Business and LaborBerkshire Hathaway, The Legacy of a Yankee Carpenter
The man who founded the nucleus of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the largest companies in the world, was not an investor from...
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