Boston 1775

Anna Riggs (1741–1781) was the daughter of a London Customs official , granddaughter of a wealthy Irish Privy Councilor. Riggs’s mother w...

I recently enjoyed the History of Parliament’s recounting of the 1776 trial of Elizabeth Chudleigh (1721–1788, shown here) for bigamy. T...

Like the Georgian Papers Programme , Digit.En.S is a study of eighteenth-century Britain funded by the E.U. and based at a continental univ...

Earlier this month I discussed how John Adams , the Rev. Anthony Wibird , and Dr. Bela Lincoln of Hingham competed for the attention of H...

Edward Oxnard (1747-1803) was a Harvard graduate who became a merchant in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine . He was an Anglican , and his ...

In 1759 the British Empire enjoyed a string of military victories, including the Royal Navy ’s triumph over the French in the Battle of Q...

Earlier this month, Prof. Terry F. Robinson wrote on the 18th-Century Common website about the British actress Mary Robinson (1757?-1800)...

Earlier this month, Jay Moschella of the Boston Public Library tweeted news of the library’s ongoing project to digitize its sterling collec...