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Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (1591?-1643) was born in England to a reli...
William Blackstone
William Blackstone (?-1675) is the first English settler o...
John Hancock
John Hancock (1737-1793) was born into a family of ministe...
Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Page
At the historic High Street Burial Ground, visitors can fi...
Historic King's Chapel
Originally built in 1689, King’s Chapel operated as ...
Historic Faneuil Hall
Peter Faneuil (1700-1743) built Faneuil Hall in 1742 in or...
Robert Shaw's 54th Colored Regiment
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regim...
Patrick A. Collins
Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905) was the second Irish mayor ...
Boston Women's Memorial: Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was an abolitionist and suffragette...
John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was the son of Irish imm...
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Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (1591?-1643) was born in England to a religious family. While in England her father educated her in their home, she had no formal education but people knew of her intelligence. While young, her minister father spent time imprisoned ...
William Blackstone
William Blackstone (?-1675) is the first English settler of common day Boston, then known as Shawmut Point. There is little remaining information regarding his early life. He came from England and stayed in the Boston area around 1625. He lived ...
John Hancock
John Hancock (1737-1793) was born into a family of ministers outside of Boston. Unfortunately, his father died when he was seven and his mother could not afford to support the family on her own. They moved in with Hancock’s grandparents, ...
Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Page
At the historic High Street Burial Ground, visitors can find many of the men from Danvers who fought during the Revolutionary War. Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Page (1722-1805) is one of those men. Page was a brick maker from Danvers, Massachusetts. ...
Historic King's Chapel
Originally built in 1689, King’s Chapel operated as an Anglican church. The original building was a small wooden chapel. Over time it started deteriorating, creating a need for the newer stone building. The stone building was a marvel, it was ...
Historic Faneuil Hall
Peter Faneuil (1700-1743) built Faneuil Hall in 1742 in order to fill a need for a public market. The market was on the first floor, while the second floor was the Great Hall where town meetings and civic gatherings occurred. ...
Robert Shaw's 54th Colored Regiment
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first all African American regiment to serve in the United States military. This was all made possible by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The regiment came out of Boston, but very few of the ...
Patrick A. Collins
Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905) was the second Irish mayor of Boston, serving from 1902-1905 when he died still in office. He was born in Ireland and when he was four, he and his mother immigrated to the United States. They ...
Boston Women's Memorial: Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was an abolitionist and suffragette from a farm in Massachusetts. Even though her family were strong abolitionists, her father did not believe women had or should have equal rights. Initially, he did not support Lucy’s dreams and ...
John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was the son of Irish immigrants, but was a native-born Bostonian. After his father passed away at an early age, his mother remarried a London trained engraver. By having an artist in the family, Copley was ...
