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by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 17, 2026 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

J.L. Bell and Rick Herrera — The British Empire Strikes Back

J.L. Bell and Rick Herrera — The British Empire Strikes Back

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 12, 2026 | History News

J.L. Bell and Rick HerreraIn the spring of 1776, Congress tasked General George Washington and the newly-created Continental Army with defending New York City against an impending British Invasion. Washington commanded the largest field army he would ever lead during...
Margo Burns — Fake Portraits of Illustrious Leaders in Boston

Margo Burns — Fake Portraits of Illustrious Leaders in Boston

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 8, 2026 | History News

Margo Burns, AB, MA, is a Project Manager and Associate Editor of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt (salemwitchhunt.org, published in 2009 by the Cambridge University Press), the definitive comprehensive record of legal documents pertaining to the Salem witchcraft...
Heather Cole — The True Story of The Woman Hobo: Separating Fact from Fiction in a 1908 Travelogue

Heather Cole — The True Story of The Woman Hobo: Separating Fact from Fiction in a 1908 Travelogue

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 8, 2026 | History News

Heather ColeIn 1908, a pair of newlyweds find themselves unemployed, ill and living in a vermin-infested flophouse in Chicago, where they had fled after the San Francisco earthquake. The young bride trades their last belongings for a green tandem bicycle and persuades...
J.L. Bell — Stories of the Signatures

J.L. Bell — Stories of the Signatures

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 8, 2026 | History News

J. L. BellTwo hundred fifty years ago this month (and one month after they voted to declare independence), members of the Continental Congress put their signatures on a handwritten copy of their Declaration. That document then went into the files, and few Americans...
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