THE TOWNSHIP of Rochester in the Province of New Hampshire was chartered in May 1722. The 253 proprietors who had been ...

France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across the cities, villages, and countryside. You can wander through medieval ...

Between 1632 and 1760, over 700 Indigenous children were enslaved in New France, treated as property to be bought and sold.

Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...

An unexpected email from a French art collector has brought new international attention to a haunting chapter of Lynbrook’s ...

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...