Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science. The Bridgman effect, the Bridgman–Stockbarger technique, and the high-pressure mineral bridgmanite are named after him.
The Boston Gazette (1719–1798) was a newspaper published in Boston, in the British North American colonies. It was a weekly newspaper established by William Brooker, who was just appointed Postmaster of Boston, with its first issue released on December 21, 1719. The Boston Gazette is widely considered the most influential newspaper in early American history, especially in the years leading up to and into the American Revolution. In 1741 the Boston Gazette incorporated the New-England Weekly Journal, founded by Samuel Kneeland, and became the Boston-Gazette, or New-England Weekly Journal. Contributors included: Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Phyllis Wheatley.
Peter Francis Tague was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Boston, Massachusetts.
James Ambrose Gallivan was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Charles Franklin Sprague was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, grandson of Peleg Sprague (1793–1880).
Ernest William Roberts was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
John Andrew Sullivan was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Michael Francis Phelan was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
William Shepherd was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the 29th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Benjamin Franklin Haines was a Massachusetts attorney and politician and a Florida businessman. Haines served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as the eighth Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts and as the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.
Eugene F. Endicott was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fourteenth Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.]
Melvin Bernard Breath was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; and on the Board of Aldermen, and as the thirtieth Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Edward Elsworth Willard was an American politician who served as Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Marcus M. Merritt was an American businessman and politician who served in both branches of the Chelsea, Massachusetts city council, and as a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
John Edward Beck was a Massachusetts businessman, and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature; and as a member of the Board of Aldermen, and the twenty fourth Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Mary Bliss Parsons (1628–1712) was an American woman who was accused of witchcraft, but was exonerated, in 17th-century Massachusetts.
The Raid on Annapolis Royal took place on 29 August 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved two American privateers - the Resolution and the Reprisal - attacking and pillaging Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in revenge of the defeat of the Penobscot Expedition. The privateers took captive the commander of the militia John Ritchie, described as the "Governor of Annapolis." One historian described it as "one of the most daring and dramatic raids upon Nova Scotia."
The 126th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1905 during the governorship of William Lewis Douglas. William F. Dana served as president of the Senate and Louis A. Frothingham served as speaker of the House.
The equestrian statue of Charles Devens is a public monument in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Located in front of the old Worcester County Courthouse in the Institutional District, the equestrian statue honors Charles Devens, who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and later served as United States Attorney General. The statue was designed by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter and was dedicated on July 4, 1906.
Adelbert S. Atherton was an American politician from Chicopee, Massachusetts, who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after being elected to the 125th Massachusetts General Court in 1903. Prior to being a state legislator for the second district, he was initially a farmer, then an auctioneer; and finally a merchant, and owner of a general store.
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