April 24, 2014
Title: Essex County Club Date: September 14, 1918 Location: Lynnfield, MA Context: This speech was delivered at Essex County Club about a month before the ceasefire and the armistice declaration that ended the […]
Read MoreTags: Charity, Despotism, foreign relations, Germany, History, military, World War I, World War One
April 24, 2014
Lafayette Banquet Fall River, Massachusetts September 4, 1916 Seemingly trifling events oft carry in their train great consequences. The firing of a gun in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, Macaulay tells […]
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Title: Written for the Sunday Advertiser and American Date: September 1, 1918 Location: Boston, MA Context: On raising rents and the unnecessity of it toward the end of the war […]
Read MoreTags: property, Property owners, Rent, Working people
April 24, 2014
Title: Somerville Republican City Committee Date: August 7, 1918 Location: Somerville, MA Context: Massachusetts Governor Coolidge gives strong support for the equal rights of African Americans and for the American effort in fighting World […]
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Title: Fairhaven Date: July 4, 1918 Location: Fairhaven, MA Context: A welcome of Japanese Viscount Ishii and his gift of a Samurai sword (Original document available here) We have met on this anniversary […]
Read MoreTags: call of humanity, Captain Whitefield, determination, Duty, International Relations, Japan, Kindness, obligation, sword