Boston 1775

History, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution in New England.

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Showing posts with label Dr. Simon Tufts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Simon Tufts. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Isaac Royall and “the very Day the battle happen’d”

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Like the Rev. David McClure , Isaac Royall of Medford was caught by surprise in Boston when the war began. Earlier this week on Facebook...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

How Isaac Royall Came to Endow a Harvard Law Professorship

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As historical background for the current controversy over Harvard Law School’s adoption of the Royall family crest, the Harvard University P...
Friday, July 06, 2012

“Great but fruitless interest for the commission in the artillery”

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Yesterday I quoted a few phrases from Alexander H. Everett’s address on the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill . He spoke i...
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