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Saturday, March 05, 2022
Knowing Your Enemy by Name
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The two pieces of testimony I quoted over the last two days have something in common besides how they both described violence between loca...
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Thursday, March 03, 2022
Back to the Ropewalks
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In 2020 I presented five men’s perspectives on the fight between soldiers and ropemakers at John Gray ’s ropewalk on 2 Mar 1770. The ne...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
What Happened to the Boston Massacre Defendants?
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After being acquitted of murder at the Boston Massacre on 5 Dec 1770, Cpl. William Wemys and five private soldiers “went their Way thro’ ...
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Looking for Trouble, Even on the Sabbath
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Among the men who brawled at John Gray ’s ropewalk on 2 Mar 1770 were a young ropemaker named Samuel Gray (no known relation) and Pvts. ...
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