Illustration: Quaker prisoners released from the Boston jail due to the orders of King Charles II. Credit: from an illustrated version of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The King's Missive" published in "The Memorial History of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880," 1880.

Colonial America: King Stops Quaker Persecution

By Melissa Berry on April 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes how the Puritans’ persecution of Quakers in Colonial America was stopped by King Charles II... (Read More)

Photo: Annie Esther Webster. Courtesy of Amesbury Public Library Archival Center, Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Recalling the Spirited Annie E. Webster

By Melissa Berry on February 7, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the successful, independent maverick Annie Webster of Amesbury, Massachusetts... (Read More)

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