Boston 1775

Here’s an excerpt from Dan Friedman and Amanda Moore’s article “Trump’s War on History,” in the March–April Mother Jones : Uniformed troops...

Jack Rakove is the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies emeritus at Stanford University, with parallel appointme...

I’ve been analyzing a letter from the Thomas Gage Papers at the Clements Library, written by Jonathan Hastings, Jr. , on 11 June 1775. Ha...

I just finished quoting a letter that Jonathan Hastings, Jr. , of Cambridge addressed to “Friend Jacob” on 11 June 1775. The letter probabl...

Having shared his version of the Battle of Lexington and Concord , as quoted over the last two days , the new Cambridge postmaster Jona...

Yesterday we left schoolteacher Jonathan Hastings, Jr. , and the rest of Col. Thomas Gardner ’s Cambridge militia contingent caught near...

Here’s an account of the start of the Revolutionary War that I don’t believe has been published before. It’s a letter dated 11 June 1775 f...

On Thursday, 26 February, I’ll return to the Acton 250 lecture series to speak about “Henry Knox’s Trek from Ticonderoga: Myths, Realities,...

Last month I noted the news reports that White House policy had pushed the National Park Service into removing signage in Independence Nati...

The Journal of the American Revolution has announced its 2025 Book of the Year Award . The winner is The American Revolution and the Fate...

On Saturday, 21 February, Minute Man National Historical Park and Fort Ticonderoga will present a special event titled “To Win The Siege: T...

Whenever I recount a story at length, I like to add some new sources, connections, or interpretations. I don’t want to just repeat what othe...

As recounted yesterday , in August 1776 the Continental Congress voted to send Basile Boudrot to Massachusetts to be tried for murderin...

According to the New-York Journal article I quoted yesterday , on 10 July 1776 Basile Boudrot was sent from New York to Newburyport to s...