Boston 1775
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
“I will take your Body and I will Tar it”
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When I was posting about Henry Barnes ’s conflict with his Marlborough neighbors in the summer of 1770, I looked for the text of the anon...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Getting Out of Marlborough in 1775
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When we left Capt. William Brown and Ens. Henry DeBerniere , they were in a back room of Henry Barnes ’s house in Marlborough , listening a...
Sunday, July 26, 2020
More Mild Mayhem in Marlborough
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All right, now that I’ve calmed down from spotting William Benson staying out of the political dispute/gang brawl in Marlborough on 17 J...
Saturday, July 25, 2020
“Pitched upon for their leader and herald”
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We’re looking at two accounts of what happened in Marlborough on the night of 17 July 1770. One, published in the Boston Evening-Post ...
Friday, July 24, 2020
“A general aversion to truth, honesty, peace and good order”
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Yesterday I quoted a letter published in the Boston Evening-Post and Boston Gazette in July 1770, alleging that supporters of the Marlb...
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