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Honoring an American legend: bestselling author David McCullough
On Friday, April 27, 2018 the New England Historic Genealogical Society will present Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough with...
Kidnapped heiresses: from Patty Hearst to the Mackintosh sisters of Boston
Having written about kidnapped heiresses in the colonial period, I was interested to delve into a modern case and so watched CNN's...
L'Enfant's breathtaking diploma created for the Society of the Cincinnati
Pictured: a parchment diploma of the Society of the Cincinnati signed by George Washington and Henry Knox. Author's collection. The...
A future princess and a cheetah
HRH Princess Michael of Kent, author of "A Cheetah's Tale." Copyright John Swannell. Courtesy of Bradt Travel Guides. One of the most...
The Crom Castle experience
Pictured: Crom Castle, near Newtownbutler, co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, home of the Earl of Erne. In 2017, I was delighted to...
A bust of the great Boston historian Walter Muir Whitehill
In 2016, I was approached by sculptor Marcia Zonis who wished to donate a superb 1971 plaster bust of Walter Muir Whitehill (1905-1978),...
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