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Charles Knowles
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Charles Knowles
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
A New Voice in Boston Politics in 1748
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On the morning of 12 Feb 1748, the Massachusetts house , before returning to the question of whether to rescind its vote to build a new m...
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Thursday, June 04, 2020
“I hear the Fury of the Mob subsided last Night”
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On 19 Nov 1747, as I wrote yesterday , Gov. William Shirley was stuck at Castle William and not happy about it. Only two years after h...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
The Knowles Riot and the Boston Militia
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In November 1747, the Royal Navy under Admiral Charles Knowles (c. 1704-1777, shown here) impressed some men in Boston. There was a war ...
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Three Decades of Historical Context
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The Saga of the Brazen Head started in 1730 with the first appearance of brazier James Jackson in the Boston newspapers, and it’s reached ...
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