All posts tagged "testimony"
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3.9KMassachusettsStephen Higginson Tells Fish Stories To Parliament In 1771 and Gets Arrested For It
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
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12.0KNew HampshireThe New Hampshire Recount That Went On For 19 Months
Every election year, local and state election administrators across the country utter a prayer: “Please God, don’t let it be close!” Yet,...
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24.6K9Crime and ScandalThe 1673 Murder of Rebecca Cornell and the ‘Good Fire’
On the night of Feb. 8, 1673, Thomas Cornell rushed into the sitting room where he had earlier left his mother Rebecca...
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12.5KConnecticutThe Confessions of Moses Paul
These are the established facts about why Connecticut executed Moses Paul: On the night of December 7, 1771, Paul visited David Clark’s...
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10.3K3MassachusettsThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, In His Own Words
Paul Revere gave a deposition to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress about the most famous midnight ride in history. The Congress wanted to...
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