Crime & Scandal
Patience Boston, a 23-year-old Native American servant, was hanged in York, Maine, in 1734 for murdering a child. She confessed to the crime, but she …
Arts & Leisure
During his lifetime, John Neal was as popular a novelist as Stephen King, as outspoken an activist as Gloria Steinem and as influential a critic …
Politics & Military
Aaron Lopez (1731-1782), a Sephardic Jew, became the wealthiest merchant in colonial Newport, R.I. Unfortunately, the American Revolution devastated his domestic and foreign business. While …
Business & Labor
In 1902, the Quaker Oats Company launched an odd product promotion that 75 years later caused headaches for officials in Milford, Conn. Boxes of oatmeal …
Religion & Social Movements
During his lifetime, John Neal was as popular a novelist as Stephen King, as outspoken an activist as Gloria Steinem and as influential a critic …
Science & Nature
In the fall of 1883, people in Salem, Mass., might have noticed a young Asian man dressed in Western clothing walking about the city. The …
