tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1161263244211896229..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Revere Rediscovery #1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-81208018478485530052012-04-21T13:30:28.393-05:002012-04-21T13:30:28.393-05:00It's not a transcription error; one of the ima...It's not a transcription error; one of the images on the Document Conservation Center's website shows that part of the letter and it's clearly "Notomy". [3rd image down on the website, just below the paragraph that begins "The letter had been lined with a coarse cloth"; at the left edge of that image.]<br /><br />Menotomy is on the upper part of the Mystic River but it wouldn't make sense to row a boat that far upstream, given that road travel was faster.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-36360618884107875682012-04-21T10:31:00.052-05:002012-04-21T10:31:00.052-05:00The “Notomy” reference baffled me as well. I did s...The “Notomy” reference baffled me as well. I did some searching without finding an answer. There are definitely period references to Menotomy by that shortened name. But modern Arlington isn't boatable.<br /><br />One possibility is a poor transcription. Another is that the name “Notomy” referred to someplace else, maybe the ferry landing at Chelsea. A third is that people (or Revere) conceived of (Me)notomy as extending past Arlington’s modern boundaries to a river.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-55495115830468189242012-04-21T09:03:03.130-05:002012-04-21T09:03:03.130-05:00The reference to "Boats to go to Notomy"...The reference to "Boats to go to Notomy" in the 4th paragraph is a mystery. I doubt that it refers to Menotomy, since that community is landlocked.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com