Boston 1775

As previously announced , on Sunday, 9 November, the Historical Society of Watertown and Watertown Free Public Library will host me speaking...

Back in July , I discussed how Simeon Potter of Rhode Island had commanded a privateer in 1744 and attacked “Fort d’Oyapoc,” a small Fren...

The Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony established coroners as an elected office in 1636. By the end of the century, however, that colony had b...

Last month I faced a Boston 1775 emergency. Which was, of course, not really an emergency. No one was in the least danger. I just felt an...

The Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, working with History Cambridge, the Cambridge Historical Commission, ...

Our favorite Revolutionary sites in the North End are concatenating again with two musical events coming up early this month. Wednesday, ...

On 20–21 November the Springfield Armory will co-host the 2025 Fall Conference of the Firearms Research Center , on the topic of “Sparking t...

H-Net’s online collection Remembering the American Revolution at 250 shares G. Patrick O’Brien’s article “‘Men who Deserve Nothing Bette...

Enemies to Their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and Consensus in the American Revolution is Nicholas W. Gentile’s first book, just publ...

At the end of 1929 Prof. Carl Becker (1873–1945) of Cornell University addressed the American Historical Association as its president. Amo...

On Saturday, 8 November, Salem State University will host a symposium titled “’To Drive a Great Trade to Bilbao’: Rediscovering New England’...

As the Revolutionary War wore on, the Rev. Edward Bass of Newburyport sent letters to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For...

The Rev. Edward Bass of Newburyport was under pressure from both sides during the Revolutionary War. As a minister in the Church of Eng...

New England’s Puritan heritage made those colonies less than welcoming for the Church of England. There was an Anglican missionary organiz...