tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post114945946812608259..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Samuel Adams: beyond the caricatureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-53907732148538955312020-07-19T22:32:40.515-05:002020-07-19T22:32:40.515-05:00I recommend the late Pauline Maier's chapter o...I recommend the late Pauline Maier's chapter on Samuel Adams in <i>The Old Revolutionaries</i> and Ira Stoll's more recent biography, <i>Samuel Adams: A Life</i>. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-26429417320604409642020-07-16T10:05:40.823-05:002020-07-16T10:05:40.823-05:00Thank you for this post! I learned quite a bit. Is...Thank you for this post! I learned quite a bit. Is there a biography of Samuel Adams that you'd recommend reading? Thanks in advance!Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1149610903995776162006-06-06T11:21:00.000-05:002006-06-06T11:21:00.000-05:00As with the John Hancock Insurance Company (founde...As with the John Hancock Insurance Company (founded in the 1860s), there's no direct link between the patriot himself and the company that honors him while also benefiting from his name recognition.<BR/><BR/>Because Samuel Adams lived so long ago, before our current cultural and legal kowtow to brand names, his name's in the public domain. Anyone can start a business called "Sam Adams <I>something-besides-beer</I>." The Boston Beer Company now owns the "Sam Adams" trademark in that field because it got there first, in 1985. <BR/><BR/>One exception to that historical pattern of naming businesses after long-dead patriots is the Revere company/brand that makes copper-bottomed cooking pots and (at one time) 3-D cameras. That firm's an actual descendant of Paul Revere's copper-rolling company. But Revere was a more successful businessman than either Hancock or Adams.<BR/><BR/>As for whether it's historically accurate for Boston Beer Co. to label Samuel Adams as "Brewer • Patriot," I plan to address that in a future post.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1149609527643037082006-06-06T10:58:00.000-05:002006-06-06T10:58:00.000-05:00Can you explain how Boston Brewing Company gets to...Can you explain how Boston Brewing Company gets to use the Sam Adams name?Steve Garfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487500183543160661noreply@blogger.com