tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2532451445287046977..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Naming Rights and WrongsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-2047371441035564682010-08-12T16:36:05.795-05:002010-08-12T16:36:05.795-05:00Maybe if we push "Noodle's Island", ...Maybe if we push "Noodle's Island", we can get Campbell Soup to underwrite the costs of a visitor's center? Just a thought...John L. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827783825431694038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-11285596708238188322010-08-12T12:40:51.221-05:002010-08-12T12:40:51.221-05:00I found some references to “Noodle’s Island” from ...I found some <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=yfkWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA202" rel="nofollow">references to “Noodle’s Island”</a> from the Revolutionary period and <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2Z5YAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA56" rel="nofollow">even later</a>. Sounds much more appetizing that way.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-43424734354774082142010-08-12T12:37:46.757-05:002010-08-12T12:37:46.757-05:00Thanks for the sharp eyes on the (now corrected) t...Thanks for the sharp eyes on the (now corrected) typo!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-24952115034791338472010-08-12T11:29:19.090-05:002010-08-12T11:29:19.090-05:00"The Ruckus in the Tussocks."
- Chris Hu..."<b>The Ruckus in the Tussocks</b>."<br />- Chris Hurley<br /><br /><br />(typo: evacuating Boston in March 177<b><i>6</i></b>.)Chris Hurley of Woburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767360457057298740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-71871223545464457942010-08-12T09:49:23.852-05:002010-08-12T09:49:23.852-05:00As for the "fun name 'Noddle's Island...As for the "fun name 'Noddle's Island.'": Some old documents actually refer to it as "Noodle's Island"! I don't think the "Noodle" references are from the Revolutionary era; they may actually predate it. As we all know, spelling consistency was not a high point in the 17th and 18th centuries.<br /><br />Of course, Chelsea was actually a decent-sized settlement in 1775, whereas Noddle's Island was basically uninhabited other than perhaps a farm or two.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-89902714476236150592010-08-12T09:31:43.815-05:002010-08-12T09:31:43.815-05:00I think you meant "until evacuating Boston in...I think you meant "until evacuating Boston in March 1776."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com