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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
“They were much insulted by the people”
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Yesterday we left William Jackson on the road from Portsmouth, New Hampshire , to Boston, having reached the town of Newburyport on 11 Apr...
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Death of Nathaniel Ropes
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The Ropes Mansion, topic of yesterday’s posting , is named after the family of Nathaniel Ropes, who bought the house in 1768. Ropes was a we...
Friday, February 29, 2008
“Alarming Apprehensions” and the Mysterious Dr. Gilson
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Boston selectman Timothy Newell must have been nervous when he started his last diary entry for February 1776 with “Thursday 25th.” As the ...
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