tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6447747753942417570..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Retrial of Matthew MacumberUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-10224425217956726142011-09-05T04:01:46.009-05:002011-09-05T04:01:46.009-05:00I found a couple of references to men named Matthe...I found a couple of references to men named Matthew Macumber later in the war. As I recall, one mustered with a militia unit during one of the attempts to push the British army out of Newport, and one was an officer on a privateer out of Philadelphia. I saw no hints that either or both were the same as this man. So he’s a mystery now.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62756959597824070342011-09-04T16:32:46.797-05:002011-09-04T16:32:46.797-05:00Is there any information on Matthew Macumber after...Is there any information on Matthew Macumber after he was cashiered from the Army?FT Argle-Barglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117310370225620357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-60882619092430413012011-09-04T16:13:09.728-05:002011-09-04T16:13:09.728-05:00And the carrying of the wax doll is significant be...And the carrying of the wax doll is significant because, as I'm sure the General would say, the doll would be among the "things of no earthly use to him." I wonder what the General's response was to stealing, say, firewood or something else of obvious and immediate utility.Chauceriannoreply@blogger.com