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Showing posts with label James Chambers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Chambers. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

The Move onto Ploughed Hill and “Poor Billy Simpson”

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On the evening of 26 Aug 1775, two thousand Continental soldiers moved onto Ploughed Hill in west Charlestown , assigned to dig entrenchmen...
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Saturday, September 01, 2018

“Captain Chambers has commenced a Suit in London”

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In the early 1770s James Chambers criss-crossed the Atlantic between New York and London on the ship London . His name appeared regularl...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

“Through the Multitude, to the End of Murray’s Wharf”

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On the night of 22 Apr 1774 , New Yorkers emptied eighteen chests of tea belonging to Capt. James Chambers into the harbor while hundre...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

“The Mohawks were prepared to do their Duty”

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On the afternoon of 22 Apr 1774, Capt. James Chambers admitted to the committee enforcing New York City ’s tea boycott that he had broug...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

“Expose so considerable a property to inevitable destruction”

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Yesterday we left Capt. Benjamin Lockyer in New York City , having arrived on 20 Apr 1774 after a long, stormy voyage from London with 69...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

“The determined Resolution of the Citizens” of New York

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Now I’ll get back to the New York Tea Party of 1774. New Yorkers had mobilized against the East India Company  specially taxed tea in t...
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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Capt. James Chambers on the London

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As promised, I’m going to explore the story of the “New York Tea Party.” And I’ll start with the sea captain James Chambers. The Roster...