tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7268622106335937280..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Samuel Whittemore and Memory CreepUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86507753788324091112023-01-27T20:58:48.999-05:002023-01-27T20:58:48.999-05:00And after only twelve years! And after only twelve years! J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-38984115002073588102023-01-27T20:28:41.073-05:002023-01-27T20:28:41.073-05:00The Arlington Historical Society link has unfortun...The Arlington Historical Society link has unfortunately expired or been changed.Cortney Skinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-61611748620223169492013-06-24T10:27:15.026-05:002013-06-24T10:27:15.026-05:00Hello -
Due to the proliferation of Sam Whittemore...Hello -<br />Due to the proliferation of Sam Whittemore, "Badass," posts these days, I will overcome my reluctance to comment on his story. <br />The "Badass of the Week" version of the Samuel Whittemore legend menioned in the previous post is so strewn with inaccuracies that it should be completely disregarded. <br />Whittemore was born NOT in England, but in Charlestown in 1696, part of the flourishing Whittemore clan based in that town. <br />The very reliable and incredibly thorough Whittemore family genealogy published in serial form in the 1953-1954 editions of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1953, pp. 28-30) notes that Whittemore belonged to a military unit termed "the Royal Dragoons" before the Revolution. Paige's History of Cambridge (p. 668) terms him "Captain of Dragoons," which seems closer to the truth. I have not located any published material on his service with what was most likely a provincial unit involved in the 1745 Louisburg expedition. Although I do not have my notes with me at the moment, I do not recall finding Samuel Whittemore in any of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's very useful reference works on Massachusetts officers and soldiers in the French Wars of the first half of the 18th century. <br />If anyone can source the detailed stories about his Louisburg exploits and his English birth, found in blog posts such as the one mentioned, I'd be grateful. PKienlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-37558996270595096282011-04-03T16:22:05.175-05:002011-04-03T16:22:05.175-05:00It's funny how history can get turned into leg...It's funny how history can get turned into legend (such as "King" Arthur).<br />Reading your blog was a good read, and I know I'm a year late, but thanks.<br />The best version I've ever read was on this site: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/whittemore.htmlRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574025785063224560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86496446532582345922010-05-02T21:23:01.151-05:002010-05-02T21:23:01.151-05:00Thanks for the comment! Whittemore’s story has pro...Thanks for the comment! Whittemore’s story has prompted a series of reactions from me over the years. When I first read it, it was simply stirring. Then when I realized that some versions were exaggerated, I became got skeptical of the whole tale. Yet more research shows that the basic facts about Whittemore’s wounds are probably true. Admirers of the man ended up doing his memory a disservice by giving curmudgeons like me reason to doubt it.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-20139751440372512622010-05-02T21:02:31.344-05:002010-05-02T21:02:31.344-05:00J.L., Great post! I heard about Whittemore from a ...J.L., Great post! I heard about Whittemore from a source I'm pretty sure was quoting Smith, and unfortunately I believed every word! Thanks for clearing things up. I definitely have a greater respect for Whittemore's life now, and will keep both eyes open in my future reading. Yet again, you have amazed me with your posts, and I greatly anticipate your topics on the siege of Boston.Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-22137167195189365492010-04-29T16:45:01.719-05:002010-04-29T16:45:01.719-05:00Thanks! I’ve got a couple more 19 April topics, bu...Thanks! I’ve got a couple more 19 April topics, but I hope to move on to the siege of Boston and Bunker Hill by, well, Bunker Hill Day.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54278013555478645842010-04-29T15:47:59.435-05:002010-04-29T15:47:59.435-05:00This is one of my favorite blogs. Your consistent...This is one of my favorite blogs. Your consistently produce great content about April 19.<br />-Greg AimoGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16918332823654921488noreply@blogger.com