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Brian MacQuarrie of The Boston Globe has an overview of efforts to sell the Portland Press Herald of Maine and its affiliated daily and weekly papers. Back in April, I wrote about the establishment of a nonprofit organization, the Maine Journalism Foundation, known as MaineJF, which was hoping to purchase the papers from owner Reade… ....
In 2019, Haoyang Yu, a former Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) engineer residing in Lexington MA, was indicted by federal prosecutors on allegations relating to ....
The nation’s ninth vice president had an enslaved wife Julia Chinn died nearly four years before Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky took office, but because of controversy over her, Johnson is the only vice president in American history who failed to receive enough electoral votes to be elected. By Ronald G. ShaferThe Washington Post Share She was born enslaved and remained that way her entire life, even after she became Richard Mentor Johnson’s “bride.” Johnson, a Kentucky congressman who eventually became the nation’s ninth vice president in 1837, couldn’t legally marry Julia Chinn. Instead the couple exchanged vows at a local church with a wedding celebration organized by the enslaved people at his family’s plantation in Great Crossing, according to Miriam Biskin, who wrote about Chinn decades ago. ....
The nation s ninth vice president had an enslaved wife Ronald G. Shafer, The Washington Post Feb. 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3Richard Mentor Johnson became vice president in 1837.Library of CongressShow MoreShow Less 2of3This political cartoon was a racist attack on Richard Mentor Johnson because of his relationship with Julia Chinn.Library of CongressShow MoreShow Less 3of3 She was born enslaved and remained that way her entire life, even after she became Richard Mentor Johnson s bride. Johnson, a Kentucky congressman who eventually became the nation s ninth vice president in 1837, couldn t legally marry Julia Chinn. Instead the couple exchanged vows at a local church with a wedding celebration organized by the enslaved people at his family s plantation in Great Crossing, according to Miriam Biskin, who wrote about Chinn decades ago. ....