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Prudence Cummings Wright & Leonard Whiting’s Guard

Prudence Cummings Wright & Leonard Whiting’s Guard

Prudence Cummings Wright was a woman who lived in Pepperell, Massachusetts, and fought in the Revolutionary War. Wright, who was 35 years old and a mother of six children, recruited… Read more »

Revolutionary Era   
The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley

The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley was a slave and a world-renowned poet from Massachusetts during the American Revolution. Wheatley, who lived in Boston, became the first African-American to publish a book. Born in… Read more »

Revolutionary Era   
James Russell Lowell photographed by Mathew Brady circa 1855-1865

James Russell Lowell’s Feud with Henry David Thoreau

James Russell Lowell was a U.S. diplomat, poet, and editor who had a longstanding feud with Henry David Thoreau that lasted well after Thoreau’s death. Although Lowell was not the… Read more »

Industrial Era   
Woodcut of an armed female combatant from "A New Touch on the Times" circa 1779

The Roles of Women in the Revolutionary War

Women took on many roles in the Revolutionary War. Some of these roles were traditional, while others were unconventional and even scandalous for the time. From supportive jobs like nurses,… Read more »

Revolutionary Era   
Reverend John Hale of Beverly

Reverend John Hale of Beverly

Reverend John Hale was a minister from Beverly, Massachusetts, best known for his role in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Born in Charlestown in 1636 to local blacksmith Robert… Read more »

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