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7.1KMassachusettsMyles Standish and the Lost Colony of Massachusetts
In March 1623, leaders of the struggling Plymouth Plantation dispatched their paid military leader Myles Standish to a coastal settlement 25 miles...
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8.3KMassachusettsRichard More, The Pilgrim Saint Who Sinned a Lot
Richard More was just six years old when his embittered legal – but not biological – father packed him off to the...
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6.2K32MassachusettsHenry David Thoreau and the Coldest Winter Ever in New England
To Henry David Thoreau, the Cold Friday of 1810 was a well-known phenomenon that came to mind in January 1857, the coldest...
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7.1K14Politics and MilitaryThe British Occupation of Newport – A Long Winter Arrives in 1776
The British occupation of Newport, R.I. in 1776 made a lot of sense. Newport was a wealthy town. Years of wide-ranging international...
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