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This item is a newspaper article from the September 3, 1915 edition of the Hingham Journal.  It discusses the escape attempt of two convicts who were given permission to wash themselves before being taken to court.  They assaulted Police Chief…

This item is a newspaper article from the April 11, 1968 edition of the Hingham Journal.  It discusses the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the reaction in Hingham, Mass.  It discusses the plea of the clergy in around Hingham for…

This item is a newspaper article announcing the death of former Governor John Davis Long in 1915. It discusses Long's life, including his early years in Maine, his career, and his hobbies. It also includes information about the funeral services…

This item is a newspaper clipping taken from the Hingham Journal in 1968.  It discusses a meeting of the Hingham Freedom Movement in which President Kenneth Janey stepped down from the chapter's presidency and long-term projects were discussed.  The…

This article from the Hingham Journal details a visit from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Frances Cooke Macgregor. The article states that Roosevelt and Macgregor are collaborating on a book entitled "This is America." Macgregor is taking…

This item is an article from September 14, 1967 edition of the Hingham Journal.  It discusses the fact that the Weymouth Housing Committee has initiated four lectures on the subject of position of African Americans in the United States.  There are…

This article from the Hingham Journal details the arrest of Alice "Pat" Granahan while she protested the Boston Edison Company's decision to reopen the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Almost thirty demonstrators were arrested…

This item is a historic map of Hingham, Mass which shows the names of streets, neighborhoods, corners, natural geographic features, and the town's boundaries. The map was published in 1935, but the era that it depicts is not stated. It appears to…

This item is Benjamin Lincoln's handwritten will, which he signed on February 10, 1810. The four page document details how Lincoln would like his possessions to be divided between his wife, children, and grandchildren. His wife Mary is to receive…

This is a photocopy of a letter written from Abraham Lincoln to Solomon Lincoln on March 6, 1848. In the letter Abraham discusses the history of his family, including the movements of his father and grandfather. He states that unfortunately he has…