tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2413387700504577187..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “A young female coming out from the city” Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-66441292844289064092014-01-23T08:52:47.017-05:002014-01-23T08:52:47.017-05:00Definitely. Elsewhere I've written about the u...Definitely. Elsewhere I've written about the unreliability of what Simms wrote about Capt. Thomas Machin, though I believe he was reproducing what that veteran's family told him. <br /><br />In this case, Simms quoted from the Tallmadge diary, and his text matched what was transcribed and printed on its own a few years later. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-5340457882625264422014-01-23T07:20:30.848-05:002014-01-23T07:20:30.848-05:00Jeptha R. Simms was a purveyor of legend, myth and...Jeptha R. Simms was a purveyor of legend, myth and fantasy. While there may be some actual facts among his work determining what is truth and what is not is a major undertaking. Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06822217383357688399noreply@blogger.com