tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8034811764177788214..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Original Mount WhoredomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-65604760098477918192021-10-30T15:35:28.316-05:002021-10-30T15:35:28.316-05:00True, but to be fair, the whole town was surrounde...True, but to be fair, the whole town was surrounded by army posts and redoubts at the time. <br /><br />Our first reference to “Whoredom Hill” comes from decades earlier. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-35096523448123911552021-10-30T09:32:30.053-05:002021-10-30T09:32:30.053-05:00Worth noting in the Boston map prepared by the Bri...Worth noting in the Boston map prepared by the British military, Mt Whoredom is surrounded by army posts and redoubts. Brian T. Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529137413679237960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74847425668861389582021-09-11T16:59:17.199-05:002021-09-11T16:59:17.199-05:00I've just been watching a Thames river mudlark...I've just been watching a Thames river mudlarking video on Youtube, and saw Mount Whoredom on the very Woolwich map shown above. It's a long time since I last visited Boston 1775, but it's still a great resource. Mark B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-6412696248969108732018-04-03T15:21:01.383-05:002018-04-03T15:21:01.383-05:00Checking in from Woolwich dockyard in sarf east la...Checking in from Woolwich dockyard in sarf east lahndhan big uo all mandem.<br />Still bare brasses in these ends but none up hills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-90608852124828596772012-08-31T14:17:22.203-05:002012-08-31T14:17:22.203-05:00There's no question the Mount Whoredom label w...There's no question the Mount Whoredom label was in use by both armies during the siege. And British gentlemen seem to have been more quick to use it than locals, probably because it reflected poorly on Boston. But how far back did the label go, and what relationship did it have to the similar landmark in London? Were there lots of Mount Whoredoms all around the British Empire? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-52240467578924190682012-08-31T11:07:24.500-05:002012-08-31T11:07:24.500-05:00I found this 1775 Map of Boston by the British Arm...I found this 1775 Map of Boston by the British Army that has Mount Whoredom clearly marked.<br /><br />http://www.bostonbyfoot.org/docs/maps/boston-1722.pdfThemarkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655971085324757966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-10604428521238377892009-07-02T07:48:19.177-05:002009-07-02T07:48:19.177-05:00Excellent citation! So we know that Boston had a “...<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=JLEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52" rel="nofollow">Excellent citation!</a> So we know that Boston had a “Mount-Whoredom” as early as 1715. It was probably, though not necessarily, the same hill that was labeled with that name in the late 1700s. <br /><br />I don’t think the British military had a big presence in Boston that early, so that looks bad for the theory that the name was transferred from London to Boston. Indeed, the earliest use now seems to be on this side of the Atlantic, though I suspect the label in London might go back earlier.<br /><br />Perhaps many towns in the British Empire had “Mount Whoredoms.”J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-48693677097371728392009-07-02T05:32:14.663-05:002009-07-02T05:32:14.663-05:00Justice Samuel Sewall (of the Salem witch trials) ...Justice Samuel Sewall (of the Salem witch trials) refers to Mount Whoredom in his diary August 1715. In "Judge Sewall's Apology," author Richard Francis explains that while on watch duty Sewall and his party found a party of revelers at Mount Whoredom "playing ninepins in the middle of the night and sent them packing, giving the innkeeper a telling off as they did so." (p. 308)<br /><br />A New England GentlemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-13636028807343280892007-06-29T17:00:00.000-05:002007-06-29T17:00:00.000-05:00I didn't think it was possible for me to get less ...I didn't think it was possible for me to get less physical exercise, but Google Books has managed that!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86700486195145741012007-06-29T16:57:00.000-05:002007-06-29T16:57:00.000-05:00Very interesting. I appreciate the time and effor...Very interesting. I appreciate the time and effort you spent on this as I often go those types of forays myself, but isn't it nice to have things right at your fingertips to research?EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-9018065663961786862007-06-28T06:25:00.000-05:002007-06-28T06:25:00.000-05:00Not only was Woolwich the site of the Royal Artill...Not only was Woolwich the site of the Royal Artillery training school, but it was also an important shipbuilding site and figures prominently in Samuel Pepys's diary. Henry VIII had "Harry Grace a Dieu" built at the Woolwich yard, and the "Sovereign of the Seas" was built there during the time of Charles I . These were the largest ships of their times and it explains the presence of the large ropeyard seen on the map.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com