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 Holliston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holliston. Show all posts
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Samuel Akley, Continental Matross

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The fourth Akley brother to serve in the Continental Army was Samuel. He was baptized at the New South Meeting-House on 13 May 1764 and t...
Sunday, March 08, 2020

“They all four were buried in one grave”

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On the afternoon of Thursday, 8 Mar 1770— 250 years ago today —Boston had a huge public funeral for the first four people to die after th...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Peter Tulip: Lexington musician

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Yesterday I quoted a description of a notebook recently sold at auction as part of the military papers of Gen. Henry Burbeck , in which som...
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