Joseph Thaxter, born in Hingham in 1744, grew up sickly and impoverished. He worked on his parents’ meager farm until the age of 19, and planned to become a cooper. But then he bought a winning lottery ticket, and used his substantial proceeds to attend Harvard. After graduating in 1768 (and for a while thereafter […]
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