tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3761731009749862252..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: A Suitable Suitor for the Widow Lavoisier? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-9961957988492375082021-09-08T13:35:10.155-05:002021-09-08T13:35:10.155-05:00Thompson, being the man that he was, did not let t...Thompson, being the man that he was, did not let the fact that his commission was in the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment stop him from wearing a British Army Major's uniform. It probably was part of his appeal to the ladies. If anyone would be a perfect subject for a TV mini-series it would be Thompson EJWitekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796418061787943596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-83763952702668836042021-09-07T20:20:18.006-05:002021-09-07T20:20:18.006-05:00Yes, I discussed Mary Thomas’s affair and divorce ...Yes, I discussed Mary Thomas’s affair and divorce <a href="https://boston1775.blogspot.com/2011/02/avowed-themselves-to-be-man-wife.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thompson was a major in the New Hampshire militia, not yet a British army officer, but he might have worn a military uniform. <br /><br />When I first looked into the divorce records, I wondered if Thompson’s travels might correspond to places where Gen. Gage knew the Patriots were hiding weapons. But it looks like the couple was just going places to sleep together. <br /><br />As a teenager Thompson had worked for Hopestill Capen, who later rented space to Isaiah Thomas. It’s possible Thompson revisited his old boss in Boston and met Mary Thomas there. But that’s just speculation. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86985614985641907632021-09-07T13:55:30.327-05:002021-09-07T13:55:30.327-05:00In February 1775, while engaged in his rather biza...In February 1775, while engaged in his rather bizarre espionage efforts, Benjamin Thompson had an affair with Mary Dill Thomas, wife of Isiah Thomas, the publisher of the radical newspaper "Massachusetts Spy". Thompson and Mary made absolutely no effort to keep the affair secret and it is alleged that Thompson and Mary even registered at an inn as the Isiah Thomases even though Thompson was wearing his British Major's uniform. The Massachusetts Legislature granted Isiah Thomas a divorce from Mary Dill Thomas in 1777. Circumstantial evidence presented at the proceedings leaves no doubt that Mary committed adultery with Thompson and thus Thomas was granted a divorce. Was Thompson trying to milk Mary for information about the Whigs or was he just carrying on one of his many affairs, or both? EJWitekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796418061787943596noreply@blogger.com