tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6980486616027901331..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Occupy the Royall EstateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62304093316598928802012-01-26T22:48:57.256-05:002012-01-26T22:48:57.256-05:00For Stark’s descendant, the point of the anecdote ...For Stark’s descendant, the point of the anecdote was how noble the future general was. For an American audience, that message would be a bit spoiled by an implication that seven-year-old girls weren’t safe around the provincial army!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-6509766631545245952012-01-26T20:05:27.831-05:002012-01-26T20:05:27.831-05:00It's not how dangerous WE think NH soldiers ar...It's not how dangerous WE think NH soldiers are, it's how dangerous Royall thought they were, and after all, they were revolting!G. Lovelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-17431235297705427142012-01-26T15:28:54.210-05:002012-01-26T15:28:54.210-05:00I thought about that, but the Royall daughters app...I thought about that, but the Royall daughters appear to have been with their Loyalist husbands. They also didn't have daughters of the sort that wouldn't be safe around the New Hampshire soldiers (unless those soldiers are even more dangerous than we like to think).J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-47286645883026774222012-01-26T12:19:33.945-05:002012-01-26T12:19:33.945-05:00Could the 'lady' in question have been one...Could the 'lady' in question have been one of Royall's daughters? It would seem the ages might work, asumming the "beautiful and accomplished daughters" were his young grandchildren. Certainly there are many 18th and 19th Cen. examples of daughters stepping up to the role of 'lady of the house' upon their mother's passing.G. Lovelynoreply@blogger.com