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Showing posts with label John Mein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Mein. Show all posts
Sunday, August 03, 2025

John Hancock Sees a Chance to Do a Favor for Thomas Longman

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My ears perked up at this announcement from the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: The Colonial Society is publishing the Papers of John Han...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

“What says the psalm-singer and Johnny Dupe”?

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I’ve been working through my thoughts on a page from the 8 May 1770 Nova Scotia Chronicle , lampooning the Boston Whigs in much the same way...
Monday, November 25, 2024

“Admiral Renegado, came to anchor in Port Despair”

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At the start of February 1770, the big news in Boston was the non-importation movement, and particularly the weekly demonstrations by schoo...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

“Rescued from the Tyrants by the real Friends of Liberty”

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Most of the “Characters in high Life , some in low ” in the 8 May 1770 Nova Scotia Chronicle were derogatory. Even when I’m not sure what...
Friday, November 22, 2024

“Weak in Arms Void of Virtue, Honor, or Honesty”

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Here are some more of the slashing character sketches published in the 8 May 1770 Nova Scotia Chronicle in the guise of detailing a “Tragi...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

“A Tragi-comic Farce, Called the present Times!”

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Page 7 of the 8 May 1770 issue of Anthony Henry ’s Nova Scotia Chronicle was nearly entirely taken up with what looks like an extraordinar...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

William Dennie, Merchant and Bachelor

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On the list of political troublemakers in Boston published in the New-York Gazetteer in September 1774, the last name is William Denning. ...
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Monday, September 12, 2022

“Remarkable for bullying and rioting”?

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On Saturday , I traced the life of Boston insurance broker Nathaniel Barber up until October 1772, when Gov. Thomas Hutchinson made him ca...
Friday, September 09, 2022

“A brave and valiant sea-commander, only a little bashful”

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When James Rivington ’s New-York Gazetteer ran what it said was a letter alerting British army officers in Boston to the men behind the t...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

“A large Collection of interesting Papers”

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In 1843, the London bookselling firm of Thomas Thorpe issued its catalogue of manuscripts for sale, “Upon Papyrus, Vellum, and Paper, in Var...
Saturday, August 08, 2020

The Marriage of John Fleeming and Alice Church

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The 17 Aug 1770 issue of the New Hampshire Gazette  of Portsmouth included this announcement: Last Week was Married in this Town, by the...
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Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Last of the Boston Chronicle

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On 25 June 1770, 250 years ago today , this announcement appeared in the Boston Chronicle : The Printers of the Boston Chronicle return...
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Monday, May 18, 2020

When Hancock Moved on Mein

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John Mein arrived in Boston from Scotland in 1764. He first set up a shop with Robert Sandeman , though he wasn’t a member of the Sandema...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

“A TRAGEDY (Not acted here these seventy-eight years)”

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On 1 Feb 1770, a curious notice appeared in the Boston Chronicle , the twice-weekly newspaper published by Scottish immigrants John Mein a...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

“The Effects of Junius’ Letter”?

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Throughout 1769, British politics was roiled by a series of public letters signed “Junius,” attacking the ministry of the Duke of Grafton ...
Friday, January 31, 2020

“Voted to proceed to the Business of the Meeting”

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On 23 Jan 1770, as described yesterday, the Bostonians meeting about non-importation in Faneuil Hall received a letter from acting gover...
Thursday, December 05, 2019

The Career of Captain Dundas

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Once I saw that “Captain Dundas” had come up in the dispute between James Otis, Jr. , and John Robinson , I had to figure out who that was a...