Boston 1775

In addition to the main protest against Boston’s committee of correspondence and Solemn League and Covenant boycott , quoted yesterday , the...

During Boston’s town meeting session on 27 June 1774, town clerk William Cooper didn’t record who spoke. But the merchant John Rowe did...

The Pennsylvania Packet article describing the flag on Prospect Hill in January 1776 also reported that the British inside besieged Boston...

On 22 Apr 1775, with the Massachusetts militia besieging the king’s soldiers inside Boston, many townspeople wanted to get out of the way....

As quoted yesterday, on 3 Apr 1775 the Boston town meeting voted to continue their work by adjournment on 17 April. By that date, town cl...

The Massachusetts Historical Society has opened a new exhibit called “Voices from the Boston Massacre,” displaying documents and artifac...

Most people who follow early American history know that after the Boston Massacre the British soldiers were put on trial for murder. Peo...

One of the sources John Tyler used for Smugglers and Patriots: Boston Merchants and the Advent of the American Revolution (1986) are the ...

This is the anniversary of the shootings on King Street in 1770. That street became known as State Street, and the event became known as the...

As we approach the anniversary of the Boston Massacre on 5 March, Charles Bahne, author of The Complete Guide to Boston’s Freedom Trail , ...

On 6 Mar 1770, the day after the Boston Massacre , acting governor Thomas Hutchinson wrote a letter to his superiors in London explaining w...

In colonial Boston, some newspapers published each Monday, and some each Thursday. Because the Boston Massacre occurred on a Monday evening,...