Boston 1775

History, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution in New England.

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Friday, December 19, 2025

“I wanted to see some faces that I might swear to”

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For a new project I’ve been taking a deep dive into Benjamin Burdick ’s accounts of the Boston Massacre . Back in 2008 I pointed out that,...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

“Promised on receiving a bribe, to let a person bring out £240”

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Along with the other reports on life inside besieged Boston that I discussed yesterday , on 17 Dec 1775 Capt. Richard Dodge reported this ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Eight Runaway Men in a Boat from Boston

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Capt. Richard Dodge was a Continental Army officer stationed in Chelsea during the second half of 1775. Like his regimental commander, Lt....
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Call for Papers on Eyewitness Accounts of the Revolution in the Mid-Atlantic

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To mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence , Historic Trappe , the McNeil Center for Early American Studies , and Urs...
Monday, December 15, 2025

The Northern Department’s Wagon Masters in 1778

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On 21 Aug 1778, Morgan Lewis (1754–1844), deputy quartermaster general of the Northern Department of the Continental Army , wrote out a lis...
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Sunday, December 14, 2025

“I Enquired for the waggon master”

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On 16 May 1776, Gen. John Sullivan was at Albany, New York , trying to organize the remnants of the Continental Army ’s invasion of Canada ...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Was Gen. Schuyler’s Wagon Master One of His Enslaved Workers?

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As quoted yesterday, on 29 Dec 1775 Col. Henry Knox wrote that Gen. Philip Schuyler “sent out his Waggon Master & other people to all ...
Friday, December 12, 2025

“After a considerable degree of conversation”

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On Christmas 1775, Col. Henry Knox was making his way on horseback to Gen. Philip Schuyler ’s mansion in Albany, New York . Knox has jus...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

“You will therefore Countermand any directions you may have given Mr. Palmer”

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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...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Recording of “The First Commander Remembered” Panel

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The Cambridge Room at the Cambridge Public Library has shared the video recording of last week’s panel discussion on “The First Commander R...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Reenacting Tea Meetings in Faneuil Hall and Old South

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Bostonians had lots of public debates over what to do about the East India Company ’s tea , both before and after persons unidentified destr...
Monday, December 08, 2025

Examining the American Attack on Québec

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Even as Col. Henry Knox was moving cannon south from Lake Champlain, Gen. Richard Montgomery was besieging Québec . The American Revolu...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

Following the Knox 250 Trail through New York, 13–14 Dec.

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On the weekend after my 11 December talk at the Saratoga battlefield park , many local historic sites and communities in New York will host...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

“Knox’s Mission to Lake Champlain” in Saratoga, 11 Dec.

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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...
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