tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4871813370003130587..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The 2013 Desk Calendar ContestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-81041420517938142302012-12-12T10:12:57.309-05:002012-12-12T10:12:57.309-05:00OK, I'm in a setting-straight mood. Here's...OK, I'm in a setting-straight mood. Here's my try at 1,3,4, and 8: <br />1. John Robinson was Lord North's secretary of the treasury, appointed in 1770 ( www.historyhome.co.uk/people/robinson.html ).<br />3. Lt. Colonel John Robinson served under Colonel W. Prescott in the 10th regiment, fighting at Bunker Hill ( www.westford.com/westford1775/Col_John_Robinson,html ). <br />4. "John Robinson, one of the most obnoxious of the Commissioners," is discussed in O. M. Dickerson, "The Customs Commissioners and the 'Boston Massacre'", The Newt England Quarterly _27(3)_, 307-325 (Sept., 1954). <br />8. I am nearly defeated by this fellow, in that he is of low degree and I can't find reference to a Smith or a Robinson being instrumental in establishing a Crown settlement in Maine, but I'm going to go with Robinson, on the grounds that there is a Robinson Point near Penobscot, Maine. <br />Many thanks to Google -- but, having used it so heavily, I realize that I will never be able to play football for Harvard under the honor code of the 1950's, when we did our own work.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Chauceriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-85894304092786704982012-12-11T18:44:53.121-05:002012-12-11T18:44:53.121-05:00No one (but G. Lovely) has yet spoken for gentleme...No one (but G. Lovely) has yet spoken for gentlemen 1, 3, 4, and 8.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-24010190927810606422012-12-11T17:19:46.093-05:002012-12-11T17:19:46.093-05:00Tough ones! The only ones I can identify with con...Tough ones! The only ones I can identify with confidence are 2, 6, 10, and 11. 10 and 11 are already answered above; 2 and 6 are William Smiths.James Kabalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335302113772004687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-27350785969227870932012-12-10T10:44:11.912-05:002012-12-10T10:44:11.912-05:00Nos. 5 and 7 are William Smith and no. 10 is John ...Nos. 5 and 7 are William Smith and no. 10 is John Robinson.Michael Hattemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609888909050785140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-8943246514883692282012-12-10T06:35:35.299-05:002012-12-10T06:35:35.299-05:0011 is a Wm Smith - Abigail Smith married John Adam...11 is a Wm Smith - Abigail Smith married John Adams.GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-75744233066988144432012-12-10T00:12:17.783-05:002012-12-10T00:12:17.783-05:00Regular Boston 1775 reader G. Lovely has submitted...Regular <b>Boston 1775</b> reader G. Lovely has submitted a comment with <i>all</i> the men identified. I’m holding that back so other folks can have a try, but the bar has been set!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-64171995398047104422012-12-09T22:09:26.478-05:002012-12-09T22:09:26.478-05:00Google makes life too easy:
1. Jack Robinson - ht...Google makes life too easy:<br /><br />1. Jack Robinson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Robinson_(mythical_person)<br />2. William Smith - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephens_Smith<br />3. John Robinson - http://www.westford.com/westford1775/jr_trail.htm<br />4. John Robinson - http://drbenjaminchurchjr.blogspot.com/2010_12_26_archive.html<br />5. William Smith - http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/legacyfiles/smithwilfa.txt<br />6. William Smith - http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/william_smith/410107<br />7. William Smith - http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/smithwm.html<br />8. John Nutting - http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-nutting-loyalist-carpenter.html<br />9. William (Billy) Smith - http://www.montana.edu/wwwhi/2010/FacultyWebPages/History/Smith.html<br />10. John Robinson - http://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/political/john_robinson.htm<br />11. William Smith - http://www.masshist.org/adams/biographies<br />G. Lovelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-70134235277292249382012-12-09T09:42:08.345-05:002012-12-09T09:42:08.345-05:00I'll start things out with one that's easi...I'll start things out with one that's easier for the academics out there: number 9 is <a href="http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-02316-3.html" rel="nofollow">Billy G. Smith</a>. (So one of the William Smiths.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com