All posts tagged "Thomas Jefferson"
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4.3KArts and LeisureKetchup Made With Sugar? An Offense Against God For Some Mainers
The old saying “As Maine goes, so goes the nation,” may have applied to politics, but never to ketchup. The historic novelist...
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6.1K1MassachusettsHow John Adams Became A “Church going Animal”
It took a lifetime of study and reflection for John Adams to come up with his religious credo. In the end, the...
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6.4K1Arts and LeisureSix Beautiful Buildings Designed by Asher Benjamin
Asher Benjamin, a young country housewright, published a book in 1797 that is responsible for the way much of early New England...
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10.8K2New HampshireThe Tempestuous Life of Tobias Lear, George Washington’s In-Law
Col. Tobias Lear V, known as Toby to his friends, left his mark on the early history of the United States as...
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30.5KScience and NatureA Vermont Moose Visits Paris in 1787
In 1784, a Vermont moose went to Paris to settle an argument between a French natural historian and Thomas Jefferson. The historian,...
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8.6K2MaineJacataqua, the Indian Sachem Who Bore Aaron Burr’s Love Child
Jacataqua, the story goes, fell in love with Aaron Burr when she first laid eyes on him in 1775. She was the...
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