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In this letter to Mercy Otis Warren dated 23 March 1776, James Bowdoin discusses independence as "absolutely necessary to the well-being of the Colonies." read more
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REGISTER HERE Emily Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication, embraced seclusion, and created 1,789 ...
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by Susan Martin, Processing Archivist & EAD Coordinator This is the fourth part of a series about the letters to William and Caroline Eustis at the Massachusetts Historical Society. ...
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By Dr. Talya Housman, Threadable Books In 1722, Reverend William Douglass attacked the smallpox inoculation efforts of Cotton Mather and Zabdiel Boylston, dismissing inoculation as based ...
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