Boston 1775

As discussed back here , as of 13 Dec 1775 Col. Henry Knox and George Palmer of Stillwater, New York , had agreed on how to transport hea...

The Cambridge Room at the Cambridge Public Library has shared the video recording of last week’s panel discussion on “The First Commander R...

Bostonians had lots of public debates over what to do about the East India Company ’s tea , both before and after persons unidentified destr...

Even as Col. Henry Knox was moving cannon south from Lake Champlain, Gen. Richard Montgomery was besieging Québec . The American Revolu...

On the weekend after my 11 December talk at the Saratoga battlefield park , many local historic sites and communities in New York will host...

On Thursday, 11 December, I’ll be in Saratoga, New York , to share thoughts on “Myths and Realities of Col. Henry Knox’s Mission to Lake Cha...

The next step in the Continental Army ’s punishment of Pvt. John Short , Pvt. John Smith , and Owen Ruick was to send them to Simsbury, Con...

A couple of Continental Army diaries from the siege of Boston record what happened after the courts-martial that I recounted back here . ...

During the siege of Boston , Benjamin Edes published the Boston Gazette out of Watertown . His main competition was the New-England Chroni...

On 4 Dec 1775, Col. Jonathan Ward of Southborough convened a court-martial in the Continental Army camp at Roxbury . Col. Ward presided ...

Here’s another glimpse of Gen. George Washington ’s work in Cambridge 250 years ago . On 11 Dec 1775, mustermaster general Stephen Moylan...

Yesterday I discussed how An Authentic Narrative of the Life of Joshua Slocum was anything but an authentic memoir of a Revolutionary War ...

In 1844, John Slocum published An Authentic Narrative of the Life of Joshua Slocum: Containing a Succinct Account of His Revolutionary Servi...

On Tuesday, 2 December, I’ll take part in a panel discussion on “The First Commander Remembered: Washington’s Legacy in Cambridge.” This...