All posts tagged "Weymouth Mass."
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26.2K3bostonThe Hope and Despair of Acadian Exiles, 1755-1766
In the winter of 1755, two Marshfield, Mass., selectmen knocked on the door of a family of seven Acadian exiles. They brought...
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8.8K1Crime and ScandalThe Merry Widow Murder of 1936
On October 5, 1936, police got a call to the waterfront at Boston’s Logan Airport. Two men had found a bag in...
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6.5K10Crime and ScandalRufus Choate Wins Trial of the Century With Sleepwalking Defense
Rufus Choate was the first person to successfully use the sleepwalking defense in a sensational 19th-century trial for a man accused of...
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3.7K5MassachusettsMaria Chapman and Her Sisters Fight With Fairs Against Slavery
When an angry mob of 5,000 ‘gentleman’ in 1835 surrounded the building where Maria Chapman and 45 members of the Boston Female...
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1.0K1members onlyCelia Thaxter Is Vexed at Her Ignorance, May 1, 1890
The 19th-century writer Celia Thaxter was so outraged by the slaughter of birds for ladies’ hats that in 1886 she became the...
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22.1K5MassachusettsThe Ageless Love Story of John and Abigail Adams
The enduring love story of John and Abigail Adams began with a whimper rather than a bang in 1762. They met in...
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