Boston 1775

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,...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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...

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...