Boston 1775

During Boston’s town meeting session on 27 June 1774, town clerk William Cooper didn’t record who spoke. But the merchant John Rowe did...

On 17 June 1775, as I quoted yesterday , John Adams complained that five friends from Massachusetts hadn’t sent him any letters with news a...

In his letter to Abigail Adams on 17 June 1775, which I started quoting yesterday , John Adams continued: I have never been able to obtain...

In April 1768 John Mein went on trial for assaulting rival printer John Gill . In fact, he faced two trials—in criminal and civil court ....

In September 1752, the Rev. Edward Jackson filed suit against his cross- Woburn rival, the Rev. Josiah Cotton , for calling him “a vile, ...

This is another extract from the third volume of The Papers of Robert Treat Paine , issued last year by the Massachusetts Historical Society...