Boston 1775

Not everyone who evacuated Boston in March 1776 actually got to Halifax . Back on 11 March, the British-born merchant Jolley Allen rente...

Capt.-Lt. Archibald Robertson , British military engineer, sailed out of Boston harbor on 25 Mar 1776. Robertson’s ship was an army trans...

Here’s an example of how Gen. John Burgoyne ’s diary of the late 1775, just brought to light, offers new detail on life inside besieged Bost...

Since I mentioned Gen. John Burgoyne a few days back (even if Robert Woolf didn’t), that gives me a reason to point to the big Burgoyne ...

Even after the destruction of Castle William , described yesterday, Judge Peter Oliver ’s ship Pacific remained in Boston’s outer harbor, ...

On 10 Mar 1776, the last royal chief justice of Massachusetts, Peter Oliver , boarded a ship called the Pacific , which usually sailed bet...

Lt. Nahum Ward, son of Gen. Artemas Ward , carried Gen. George Washington ’s letter (quoted yesterday) to Josiah Quincy , Esq. (shown here),...

After evacuating Boston on 17 Mar 1776, the British military was gone—and yet not gone. The troops , their families, their support staff,...

From yesterday we continue with Robert Woolf ’s reminiscence of being a teen-aged businessman caught in the siege of Boston in the spring ...

Here’s an account of the siege of Boston first published in 1909 by the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto. It’s said to be “...

Last year Boston 1775 passed on the news stories about President Donald Trump demanding that the Declaration of Independence be brought to...

Evacuation Day over, so it’s time to look ahead to another Patriots Day season.  On Saturday, 21 March, the Lexington History Museums will...

Ens. Samuel Richards had a unique perspective on the Continental Army ’s entrance into Boston after the British evacuation on 17 Mar 1776....

Samuel Richards (1753–1841) came from Farmington, Connecticut . In May 1775 he marched north with his town’s company to the Boston siege li...