Sunday, October 28, 2018

"I Do Not Desire To Spend My Judgm’t Upon It" - The Amesbury Witch Susannah Martin

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Usually around this time of the year, the nerds usually receive multiple requests to share tales of New England hauntings and mischief. We ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

"The Body Of The Maid Was Found By An Indian" - The Murder of Mary Sholy

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For the past two weeks, the nerds of have been hard at work assisting Untapped History  conduct research for its October Haunted Candlelight...
Monday, September 3, 2018

“We Beg Your Order About The Delivery Of 'Em" - Bridgett Phillips' Great Escape

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While preparing a timeline of important events in Newburyport's history for our friends at Revolution 250 , we came across an interes...
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Saturday, August 18, 2018

"She Means to Fight Us" - The Newburyport Privateer "Thorn"

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The HMS Thorn was built in Mistley, England and launched on February 17, 1779. She weighed over 305 tons, had eighteen guns, was coppered u...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

"Threatened to Destroy the Carriadge" - When Loyalists Arrived in Newburyport

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William Jackson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1731. By 1758, he partnered with his widowed mother, Mary Jackson, and opened a shop th...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Fear and Flight: Civilian Evacuations of Middlesex and Essex Counties, April 18-22, 1775

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Many historians have overlooked the psychological and physical impact the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Ipswich Fright had upon t...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Ripped Off No More: Ten Hand Sewing Techniques You Can Teach Yourself Through Online Classes

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One common complaint among Revolutionary War reenactors is that they are often forced to shell out hundreds, if not thousands, of d...