Photo: Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Credit: Hscott0024; Wikimedia Commons.

Pilgrim Monument Dedication, Part I

By Melissa Berry on December 20, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the dedication ceremony for the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Photo: the Pilgrim Maiden, Brewster Gardens, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Credit: the New York Public Library's Digital Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part VII (conclusion)

By Melissa Berry on December 3, 2021

Melissa Berry concludes her story about a dispute that broke out at an aristocratic luncheon when a grande dame insulted the women of the Mayflower... (Read More)

Illustration: "John Alden and Priscilla Wedded," McLoughlin Bros., 1903, hanging in the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. Courtesy of Tim Evanson.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part VII

By Melissa Berry on November 16, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a dispute that broke out at an aristocratic luncheon when a grande dame insulted the women of the Mayflower... (Read More)

Photo: portrait of Judge Samuel Putnam from “Chronicles of Danvers (Old Salem Village] Massachusetts, 1632-1923,” Harriet Sylvia Tapley, 1923, page 66.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery, Part IV

By Melissa Berry on November 8, 2021

Melissa Berry concludes her story about a murder that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country, focusing on the murder trial... (Read More)

Illustration: a portrait of Captain Joseph White. Courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum; photo taken by staff member Ben Arlander.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery, Part III

By Melissa Berry on November 2, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about a murder that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country, focusing on the trial... (Read More)

Illustration: image of the murder of Captain Joseph White from "Trials of Capt. Joseph J. Knapp, Jr. and George Crowninshield, Esq. for the murder of Capt. Joseph White of Salem, on the night of the sixth of April 1830." Charles Elms, 1830, page 20.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery for Halloween, Part II

By Melissa Berry on October 28, 2021

In this article, Melissa Berry continues her story about a spooky murder mystery that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country... (Read More)

Photo: Gardner-Pingree House, 128 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Image from the Frank Cousins Collection, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Digital Commonwealth.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery for Halloween, Part I

By Melissa Berry on October 26, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a spooky murder mystery that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country... (Read More)

Photo: Nina Olds Enegren. Courtesy of her granddaughter Sandra Taylor.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part VI

By Melissa Berry on October 20, 2021

In this article, Melissa Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on the White, Enegren and Olds families... (Read More)

Photo: Mayflower generations: Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916) with her great-great-grandnephew, Rolland Denny Lamping (1907-1980), son of George Butler Lamping and Edith Dillon Denny and the great-grandson of Arthur and Mary Ann Denny in Seattle, circa 1912. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part V

By Melissa Berry on October 18, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on the pioneers who founded Seattle, Washington... (Read More)

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