From brick making to the bike path, here are five things to know about Barrington

Running through downtown Barrington is also the East Bay Bike Path, making Barrington easily accessible from nearby towns and ...

From Colt State Park to the Fourth of July parade, here are 5 things to know about Bristol

Bristol has the oldest, continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States, with Bristol's first Fourth of July ...
JSTOR Daily

To Be Young, Poor, and Alone: The Experience of Widowhood in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1675-1676

The New England Quarterly, founded in 1928, is best described by its subtitle, A Historical Review of New England Life and Letters. Through major essays, memoranda and edited documents, ...
Irish Star on MSN

Who is Ann Glover? The Irish woman who was the last 'witch' to be hanged during the Salem Witch Trials

Ann "Goody" Glover was an Irish Catholic who moved to Boston - at the time, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - with her ...
insider.si.edu

1 Pine Tree Shilling, United States, 1652

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. As early as 1650, the colony of ...
The Patriot Ledger

The oldest town in MA is older than the country. Here's where it is

As one of the oldest states in the country, Massachusetts is filled with rich history. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by John Winthrop ...
Boston Magazine

Throwback Thursday: The Time Massachusetts Bought Maine

On March 13, 1677, the imperial dreams of Massachusetts came to fruition. For on that day, our colony bought Maine for £1,250 sterling. This was maine-ly (sorry) a formality for we had long since ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Researchers work to confirm that Native American Manteo who helped Lost Colony later moved to Massachusetts, helped governor there

A Native American from Roanoke Island may have saved members of the Lost Colony and met the queen of England. An Outer Banks town is named after him. His name was Manteo. But what happened to him ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Found in a Candy Tin: One of the First Coins Struck in Colonial North America

A silver coin minted in colonial Boston in 1652 has sold for $351,912. The one shilling coin is one of just 40 of its kind known to survive today, the Associated Press (AP) reports. “I am not ...
jagranjosh.com

Which US State is Known as the ‘Bay State’? (And Why It's Called That)

Have you ever heard the nickname "the Bay State" and wondered which state it is? It’s a classic American moniker, and if you’ve been stumped, you’re not alone. While many U.S. states have official or ...