All posts tagged "Worcester"
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2.7KBusiness and LaborHow the Irish Immigrants Came to New England
In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...
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3.3K1Crime and ScandalA Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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3.7KMassachusettsWhen Elizabeth Cady Stanton Met Lucretia Mott, the Women’s Movement Began (Supposedly)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a skilled propagandist who sometimes creatively remembered events in order to make a point. Or, to put it...
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3.9KArts and LeisureIs There a John La Farge in Your Town?
You just might be living near a John La Farge window if you live in Rhode Island or Massachusetts, and in any...
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5.0K1Arts and LeisureJohn La Farge, The Artist Who Wanted To Crush Louis Comfort Tiffany
One day in the middle of the 1870s, a young glassmaker named Louis Comfort Tiffany visited John La Farge in his studio....
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8.2K1Business and LaborBefore Dunkin’, New England Had the Waldorf Lunch System
Before New England gave the world Howard Johnson’s, Dunkin Donuts, McDonald’s and Subway, it invented the Waldorf Lunch. The Waldorf Lunch System...
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