All posts tagged "Worcester Mass."
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8.2K1Business and LaborWhen Poor Apprentice Laborers Were 2 Years Old
In 1754, Boston’s overseer of the poor bound out Joseph Clifton, aged two, as an apprentice to Aaron Clinton, a brickmaker in...
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16.6K1Arts and LeisureDanger, Disappointment and Desire: Colonial Superstitions About Moles
Superstitions about moles were commonplace in colonial New England. One of the most pernicious held that moles and other markings in certain...
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10.8KBusiness and LaborHepsibeth Hemenway, the Nipmuc Cakemaker of Worcester, Mass.
Hepsibeth Hemenway was a mixed-race laundress and cook who never ventured far from Worcester, Mass., but she fascinates people more than 150...
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17.7K2ConnecticutNew England’s Forgotten Puerto Rican Riots
From 1967 to 1979, Puerto Rican riots broke out in New England cities from Waterbury, Conn., to Worcester, Mass. Outsiders didn’t understand...
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8.1K11bostonFrederick Law Olmsted Plans A Cemetery or a Hundred
Chances are good you have encountered the work of Frederick Law Olmsted more than once in your lifetime. You’ve probably set foot...
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13.1K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell Electrifies Connecticut With News of the Battle of Lexington
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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