Boston 1775

In 1789, President George Washington went on a tour (I might even say a progress ) through the northern United States. This is how he rec...

Looking at the vital records from various Massachusetts towns helps to fill in the details of the life of Sylvanus Lowell , the ship’s capta...

At this time of year young people are settling in at college, including my godson at Cambridge. So I’m looking at the process of entering ...

Daniel George was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on 16 Dec 1757, son of David and Anne (Cottle) George. He was the second boy named Dan...

Having spent many autumn days outdoors meeting lots of American citizens, on 26 Oct 1789 President George Washington …got sick. He wrote i...

Along with future physician Isaac Rand (profiled yesterday ), Prof. John Winthrop took a young man named Samuel Williams (1743-1817) up...