Boston 1775

King’s Chapel has brought back Act Worthy of Yourselves , a sixty-minute drama set around the funeral of Dr. Joseph Warren in April 1776....

Here are more upcoming talks that look ahead to the Sestercentennial of the Battle of Bunker Hill . Tuesday, 10 June, 6:00 P.M. Courage ...

Here’s another glimpse of cancer and its treatment from Massachusetts in 1790. On 28 April, the Rev. William Bentley of Salem wrote in...

On Tuesday, 3 October, the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy will host a panel discussion on “Abigail Adams Smith and the Evolution o...

RR Auction is offering the amputation kits that Dr. John Warren used in the Revolutionary War. Bidding ends on 12 July, with the last on...

It’s that time of year, when Boston 1775 ’s thoughts turn to the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June. Boston Magazine ’...

Yesterday, when we looked in on the Brattle House in Cambridge in August 1775, Continental Army quartermaster general Thomas Mifflin ha...

Saturday, 20 September, is this year’s Cambridge Discovery Day. The city’s historical commission has organized a series of walking tours,...

Tonight I’ll be discussing the Battle of Bunker Hill with author Nathaniel Philbrick at Cambridge Forum , and the name of Dr. Joseph Warr...

I’m opening this week and month with two Boston 1775 postings because of the crowd of holiday events. And because of our ongoing low-level...

In 1775, James Thacher of Barnstable was a twenty-one-year-old medical trainee eager to work for the provincial army (just as it was offici...

Way, way back, Boston 1775 stumbled into the seemingly bottomless topic of Dr. Joseph Warren ’s body. After the doctor was killed at Bunker...

I’ve already quoted Dr. Edward Warren (1804-1878) on what his father and professor, Dr. John Warren , thought about digging up bodies to fo...

Dr. John Warren (shown here, courtesy of the Countway Medical Library) was the younger brother of the much-disinterred Dr. Joseph Warren . ...

Boston 1775 ’s last version (this week) of Dr. Joseph Warren going to his death in the Battle of Bunker Hill comes from deep in the realm ...

Popular demand indicates that it’s time for another series of CSI: Colonial Boston postings! Which is to say, Revolutionary people mucking ...

When Dr. Joseph Warren died at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, his estate was burdened with debts. Those finances were also tangled up ...