Boston 1775

History, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution in New England.

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Showing posts with label Aaron Wright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aaron Wright. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

“Remarkably stout and hardy men”

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On Thursday, as I announced earlier , I’ll speak at Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site about “Washington’s...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

M. Voltaire and “that civil war between mother and daughter”?

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On 12 Dec 1775, Pvt. Aaron Wright , a rifleman from Pennsylvania serving in Cambridge during the siege of Boston , picked up a copy of th...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

John McMurtry: “He did not know it was loaded”

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On 1 Dec 1775, Pvt. Aaron Wright , stationed in Cambridge , wrote in his diary about a fellow rifleman: John M’Murtry, in Capt. [James] Cha...
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Monday, February 04, 2013

Gun Accidents in the Founding Era

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According to Chris Rodda at Free Thought Blogs , in a recent sit-down with television entertainer Glenn Beck, the debunked author David B...
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