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Thursday, June 05, 2025

More Talks on the Battle of Bunker Hill and Its Aftermath

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Here are more upcoming talks that look ahead to the Sestercentennial of the Battle of Bunker Hill . Tuesday, 10 June, 6:00 P.M. Courage ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Panel on Bunker Hill Memory in Charlestown, 5 June

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On Thursday, 5 June, Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown will host a panel discussion on the topic “Two Nations, One Battle: Bunke...
Tuesday, June 03, 2025

“To turn his back sullenly on his General”?

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As discussed yesterday , on 19 July 1775 Gen. Joseph Spencer arrived back in the camps of what was now the Continental Army , bringing a le...
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Monday, June 02, 2025

“General Spencer’s uneasiness, &c., at being overlooked, &c.”

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According to the young Connecticut officer Samuel Blachley Webb , when Gen. Joseph Spencer learned the Continental Congress had ranked Is...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

“Genl. Putnams fame ran so high”

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Another consequence of the Battle of Chelsea Creek was that it raised the profile of Israel Putnam (1718—1790). Putnam was already well ...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Heading into June 1775 with Confidence

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One consequence of the Battle of Chelsea Creek is that by the end of May 1775 the provincial troops started to feel pretty powerful. The...
Friday, May 30, 2025

“Lucky for the Town that the Fire broke out in the Day Time”?

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Just above its report on the Royal Navy store ship that caught fire in Boston harbor on 29 May 1773 ( quoted yesterday ), Richard Draper ’s...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

“A Fire broke out on board the fine large Store-Ship”

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While looking at the diary of Thomas Newell this spring, I was struck by this dramatic entry for 29 May 1773, 252 years ago today: King’s s...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

“The Diana was soon after burnt by the rebels”

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Having covered the maritime seizures that took place between Fairhaven and Martha’s Vineyard (14 May 1775) and the exchange of fire over G...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

“Surely the most ridiculous expedition that ever was plan’d”

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After the exchange of fire over Grape Island on 21 May 1775, both sides of the war claimed to have damaged the other and gotten the best of...
Monday, May 26, 2025

“Assembled on a Point of Land next to Grape-Island”

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Yesterday we left the people of Weymouth and surrounding towns in a panic as three or four vessels full of British soldiers appeared off t...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

“3 Sloops and one cutter had come out”

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In May 1775, the people of Hingham and other towns along the South Shore from Boston weren’t really worrying about protecting livestock on...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

The Islands of Elisha Leavitt

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Elisha Leavitt (1713–1790) was a blacksmith in Hingham , and a lot more. He also traded in goods, “engaged in navigation ,” and owned part ...
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Friday, May 23, 2025

“When the stakes are as significant as life and liberty”

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Earlier this week the president of Yale , Marie McInnis, offered inspiration to the graduating class from a work by much earlier graduate. ...