Boston 1775

I lose track of Dr. Preserved Clap after 1776 until 5 Feb 1781, when the Continental Congress referred a petition from him to its board of...

On Thursday, 26 February, I’ll return to the Acton 250 lecture series to speak about “Henry Knox’s Trek from Ticonderoga: Myths, Realities,...

On Saturday, 21 February, Minute Man National Historical Park and Fort Ticonderoga will present a special event titled “To Win The Siege: T...

Two hundred fifty years ago, the fifty-eight artillery pieces that Col. Henry Knox had convoyed from Fort Ticonderoga were in Framingham ...

This weekend brings another set of commemorations of Col. Henry Knox’s artillery train, including a couple of events displaced by last weeke...

On Thursday, 29 January, I’ll contribute to the discourse about Col. Henry Knox ’s artillery trek with the talk on “‘A Fine Train of Artil...

By this date 250 years ago , Col. Henry Knox had checked in with his commander, Gen. George Washington , in Cambridge . The artillery th...

Sestercentennial commemorations of the progress of Col. Henry Knox ’s artillery convoys across western Massachusetts continue this weekend...

The Sestercentennial commemorations of Col. Henry Knox ’s mission to bring more heavy artillery to the siege lines around Boston will mov...

As quoted yesterday, on 29 Dec 1775 Col. Henry Knox wrote that Gen. Philip Schuyler “sent out his Waggon Master & other people to all ...

On Christmas 1775, Col. Henry Knox was making his way on horseback to Gen. Philip Schuyler ’s mansion in Albany, New York . Knox has jus...

As discussed back here , as of 13 Dec 1775 Col. Henry Knox and George Palmer of Stillwater, New York , had agreed on how to transport hea...

On the weekend after my 11 December talk at the Saratoga battlefield park , many local historic sites and communities in New York will host...

On Thursday, 11 December, I’ll be in Saratoga, New York , to share thoughts on “Myths and Realities of Col. Henry Knox’s Mission to Lake Cha...

In eighteenth-century New England, booksellers sold more than books, pamphlets, and magazines.  As the business letters of Thomas Hancock ...

The Sestercentennial of Col. Henry Knox ’s mission to Lake Champlain in the winter of 1775–76 is coming up, and Fort Ticonderoga is on it....

Henry Marchant (1741–1796, shown here) was a rising young lawyer in Rhode Island . Born on Martha’s Vineyard , Marchant grew up in Newpo...

Registration is open for the third Pursuit of History Weekend that I’ve helped to program, this one on “The Siege and Liberation of Bosto...

In 1787, the Confederation Congress was meeting in New York , at City Hall and the Fraunces Tavern (shown here). When Henry Howell Willi...

For the last third of the eighteenth century, Henry Howell Williams (1736-1802) leased Noddle’s Island in Boston harbor for farming . Wil...