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From the tall windows of Sempringham Hall, eleven-year-old Anne Dudley could see out over the vast marshy fenlands of Lincolnshire. Sheep grazed on the low green hills, and horse-drawn wagons… ...

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Ever since the Lexington Alarm, Abigail Bishop had gotten used to the soldiers marching down High Street right outside her window. Her parents entertained the officers; General Washington himself...

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Just one look at a miniature portrait of Olivia Langdon and Samuel Clemens was done for. Love at first sight is how he later described his feelings about the woman… The post Samuel Clemens Pu...

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Henry Ingersoll, a 21-year-old printer’s apprentice from Stockbridge, Mass., thought he was doing the right thing when he joined the Venezuelan fight for independence. Instead, he ended up in i...

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The land that is now the United States once had no name. Fifteen thousand years ago or so, humans showed up and began naming things. Then, 400 years ago, more… The post How the English Named ...

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On Saturday evening, Sept, 28, 1895, Georgetta Dalby received a letter from her husband postmarked Boston saying that he could no longer go on living.  He was facing financial ruin… The post...

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The Waterbury Button Company, located in Cheshire, Conn., began operations during the War of 1812. It is the oldest and largest producer of stamped metal buttons in the United States.… The po...

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When I say that the town of Marblehead on Massachusetts’ North Shore is unlike other coastal Massachusetts towns, I’m not simply referring to the fact that it’s teeming with fairies… Th...

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Beecher Island was the name given to a 240-acre sandbar covered with grass, sagebrush and a few trees in Yuma County, Colo.  It may seem odd that a shoal in… The post Forgotten Valor: The Li...

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