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Emerson W. Baker—Forgotten Frontier: Untold Stories of the Piscataqua

Emerson W. Baker—Forgotten Frontier: Untold Stories of the Piscataqua

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News

Emerson W. Baker, author and Professor of History and Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, Salem State UniversityThe colonies founded in our region in the 1600s are often called “Puritan New England,” but northern New England was none of these...
Velya Jancz-Urban and Ehris Urban—The Not-So-Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife

Velya Jancz-Urban and Ehris Urban—The Not-So-Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News

Ehris Urban (herbalist, holistic nutritionist), owner of Woodbury, CT’s Grounded Holistic Wellness, believes, “if you’re grounded, you can navigate even the bumpiest roads in peace.” She grew up in a family passionate about holistic medicine. Ehris is a...
Will Holton and John Morrison—Bringing Early Boston History to Life: Creating and Growing the Partnership of the Historic Bostons

Will Holton and John Morrison—Bringing Early Boston History to Life: Creating and Growing the Partnership of the Historic Bostons

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News

President Emeritus Will Holton and President John Morrison, Partnership of the Historic BostonsThe Partnership of the Historic Bostons was launched as an all-volunteer organization in 1999 when the Mayors of Boston, Lincolnshire, UK and Boston, Mass. signed an...
Robert Booth and Amy E. Kellett—The Reinvention of Salem and the largest steam-powered cotton-sheeting factory in the United States

Robert Booth and Amy E. Kellett—The Reinvention of Salem and the largest steam-powered cotton-sheeting factory in the United States

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News

Robert Booth and Amy E. KellettA preliminary study of the industrial project by which Salem re-invented itself as a manufacturing center after the collapse of its maritime commerce. In 1846 the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company built the largest steam-powered...
Rose A. Doherty—Park Street: A Mirror of Boston for Centuries

Rose A. Doherty—Park Street: A Mirror of Boston for Centuries

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News

Rose A. Doherty is a founding board member of The Pursuit of History. She is president emerita of the Partnership of Historic Bostons, an all-volunteer group dedicated to preserving the legacies of Boston, Massachusetts, and Boston, England, in the seventeenth...
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