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A Puritan heartland

A medieval powerhouse, a Puritan stronghold: how did Boston, Lincolnshire, became the namesake of a town more than 3,000 miles away? Author and historian Neil Wright explores the people, faith, and ethos linking the two Bostons.

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“Dear Father, I am far distant from you…”

letter from Mary Downing in Boston to her father in England, November 27, 1635