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2. History of Boston - Wikipedia

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   Boston was transformed from a relatively small and economically stagnant town in 1780 to a bustling seaport and cosmopolitan center with a large and highly mobile population by 1800. It had become one of the world's wealthiest international trading ports, exporting products like rum, fish, salt and tobacco. [ 52]

3. Gilchrist's - Wikipedia

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   Gilchrist's. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Gilchrist's was a Boston department store. Its flagship store was at the intersection of Washington and Winter Streets, across from both Filene's and Jordan Marsh in Downtown Crossing . Gilchrist's was considered one of the big three stores (along ...

4. Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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   The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were in southern New England, with initial ...

5. Lowell family - Wikipedia

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   The Lowell family is one of the Boston Brahmin families of New England, known for both intellectual and commercial achievements. The family had emigrated to Boston from England in 1639, led by the patriarch Percival Lowle (c. 1570–1664/1665). The surname was spelt in many ways until it was standardised as Lowell from about 1721, apparently by ...

6. S. S. Pierce - Wikipedia

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   S. S. Pierce storefront (far left), corner of Tremont St. and Court St., Boston, 19th century. In 1831, Pierce and his partner, Eldad Worcester, "started out by wholesaling provisions to the ships that crowded what was then a very busy Boston Harbor, but soon enough Pierce was bartering with ship captains, often exchanging his provisions for the delicacies they would bring to Boston from ...

7. Hike at a coastal sanctuary in Barrington with deep roots in ...

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   Near the church, the first skirmish of the brutal King Philip's War (1675-1676) between the Colonial farmers and the Native Americans is believed to have taken place. A salt marsh stretches along ...