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Saturday, November 29, 2025
Slocum’s “Authentic Narrative”
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In 1844, John Slocum published An Authentic Narrative of the Life of Joshua Slocum: Containing a Succinct Account of His Revolutionary Servi...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
The Long Fight over Franklin’s Library
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Yesterday I described the arrival of a set of books in Franklin , Massachusetts, the result of a financial gift from Benjamin Franklin (...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Franklin’s Library for Franklin
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The Boston Globe just reported on “an old-fashioned turf war” between the city of Franklin’s public library and the private non-profit gro...
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