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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 is the printed invitation to attend a Reunion of the Free Soilers of 1848. The reunion is to take place on August 9, 1977. The invitation includes the boat times leaving from and returning to Rowe's Wharf. At the bottom of the page is a…

This is the invitation to the reunion sent by Samuel Downer.

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…

In this letter Charles Francis Adams enthusiastically accepts the invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party. He discusses the fact that he has gotten older and feels most comfortable at home, but that he cannot miss the opportunity of…

In this letter Albert G. Browne accepts the invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party at Downer's Landing and reminisces about the political party. Samuel Downer has written the word "Checkd" in the upper left corner and Browne's name…

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…