All posts tagged "Timothy Dwight"
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7.6KConnecticutNew Haven, ‘the Wickedest City’ – The Devil and Man At Yale in 1895
In 1895, hundreds of ministers and church leaders came to New Haven for a conference of the Christian Worker’s Association. Little did...
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19.2K1New HampshireThe New Hampshire Volcano That Promised Untold Riches
As early as 1735, residents living along the New Hampshire-Vermont border reported a New Hampshire volcano erupted violently. The inhabitants of Fort...
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10.6K1Arts and LeisureMrs. Sigourney, Hartford’s High Priestess of Bad Poetry
During the first half of the 19th century, Mrs. Sigourney wrote such bad poetic obituaries that people said she added a new...
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8.1K1MassachusettsTimothy Dwight and the Pangs of Despised Love, 1676
Timothy Dwight began to act strangely in the summer of 1676 when he could not see the woman he loved. He was...
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