Notes on this courageous woman: (Will be writing this up in finished form, but wanted to tell her story for Women’s History Month. Mrs. Margaret Hamilton Born in Rochester, New York in October 19, 1840, Hamilton had been educated by the Sisters of Charity (founded in 1809 by Mother Elizabeth Anne Seton). …
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Born in Wakefield, John Volpe became Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
Mystery fans! Here’s a historic mystery to read about. The case of the 1863 Civil War murder of Captain Thomas McKay of South Reading (now Wakefield). Read on… http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mmd5f/mckay.html
***NEW: See the Hartshorne House video! The History of the Hartshorne House by Nancy Bertrand (excerpted from Wakefield: 350 Years by the Lake, copyright Wakefield 350, 1994) In the earliest days of the settlement of the town of…
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