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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PLAGIARIST? Read >>
THE NATIONAL TRUST OFFERS A GUIDE TO HISTORIC HOTELS Read >>
JACK KEROUAC’S MAKE-BELIEVE BASEBALL GAME HAS BEEN ARCHIVED FOR POSTERITY Read >>
PLANS ARE SHOWN FOR AN IMPROVED VISITOR CENTER Read >>
A PAIR OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PISTOLS WITH A PRESIDENTIAL LINEAGE SELLS FOR A HUGE SUM Read >>
DAVY CROCKETT RETURNS (ON DVD) Read >>
 Henry Ford's autocratic ways should serve as a warning to other moguls and their corporations. Read >>
High technology welcomes us into the past. Read >>
The Hawaii of centuries long past emerges from the landscapes crossed by its ancient trails. Read >>
Hoboken’s history of hard work has an undeniablly gritty charm, and its view of Manhattan is incomparable. Read >>
George Washington tried to drain it. Harriet Beecher Stowe was inspired by the escaped slaves hiding in it. Loggers worked it for centuries. Yet it remains one of the least-known unspoiled spots in the East. Read >>
How a group of prospectors, digging for a strike, turned up the whole mid-19th century Read >>
Another steamboat delivers her cargo late Read >>

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