Abigail Adams writes "remember the ladies" to her husband John as he and other statesmen work on a constitution for the 13 former colonies. Oct. 14: Martha Ballard joins Ephraim in Hallowell ...

That Ephraim Ballard, Martha's husband, was set upon while surveying territory for an absentee landowner is not surprising. The "White Indians" who attacked him were not Indians after all ...

Join Novel Tea book club at ArtWorks in March to discuss "The Frozen River," a novel based on Martha Ballard's life and diary ...