tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post818283228813342028..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Cannonade and Bombardment from Phipps’s FarmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-88026153845599980552018-11-03T18:08:37.146-05:002018-11-03T18:08:37.146-05:00According to An Historic Guide to Cambridge (1907)...According to <i>An Historic Guide to Cambridge</i> (1907), William Winthrop bought the property that included the Phips mansion around 1811 and tore down the building to put up a new one. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-72170499955125594512018-10-30T20:19:12.078-05:002018-10-30T20:19:12.078-05:00Jon,
Is there any chance the Phipps Farm House is...Jon,<br /><br />Is there any chance the Phipps Farm House is still standing? Someone told me there is a very old structure somewhere near where Lechmere used too be.<br /><br />Gene BlumenreichAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763261311051498670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-64463844405581700052007-12-18T16:41:00.000-05:002007-12-18T16:41:00.000-05:00I haven’t found Timothy Newell’s diary online, whi...I haven’t found Timothy Newell’s diary online, which is one reason I’m posting the entries from it. It was published in an 1852 volume of the <I>Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society</I>. <BR/><BR/>Newell does write about the abortive British attempt on Dorchester Heights on 5 Mar 1776. As one of the selectmen left in Boston, as well as a property-owner, he was very busy over the following days trying to preserve the town from bombardment by the Americans, looting by evacuating British, and the threat of fire from both sides.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-85995576476445153152007-12-18T15:18:00.000-05:002007-12-18T15:18:00.000-05:00Does Newell's diary mention anything about the Bri...Does Newell's diary mention anything about the British attempt on the Dorchester Heights? I believe a storm stopped the British from advancing, but I would be interested in learning what the city was like during this likely attack.<BR/><BR/>Also where can you find this diary online?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com