tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4826526553324200453..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Stuart on Defiant Brides in Worcester, 6 JuneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54656671569648016502013-06-02T07:04:28.572-05:002013-06-02T07:04:28.572-05:00Alan Taylor wrote a whole book on the conflict bet...Alan Taylor wrote a whole book on the conflict between big Maine landowners like Knox and the small farmers they sold or rented land to: <i>Liberty Men and Great Proprietors</i>. <br /><br />I think that because Knox had risen from such a precarious childhood, he was particularly sensitive to matters of social rank, recognition, &c. That lies behind his support for the Society of the Cincinnati, for a stronger national government, for the landed class in Maine. It somewhat goes against our picture of him as a jolly general, but that was real, too. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54402074442064030142013-06-02T02:06:39.058-05:002013-06-02T02:06:39.058-05:00Reading Joseph Plumb Martin's "A Narrativ...Reading Joseph Plumb Martin's "A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier," I lost a lot of respect for Gen. Knox, considering how roughly he treated Martin vis-a-vis that Maine estate you mention.Joe Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479858641297585493noreply@blogger.com