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Showing posts with label John Munro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Munro. Show all posts
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’ ...
Saturday, December 12, 2020

The Forgotten Trial for the Boston Massacre

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On 12 Dec 1770, 250 years ago today , the third trial for the Boston Massacre began. This is the trial that later generations of Bostoni...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

The Superior Court “Overawed”

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Even as the royal army and the town of Boston took steps to respond to the Boston Massacre in March 1770, a third institution was moving,...
Monday, March 16, 2020

“Not to trust the said boy out of his sight”

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After young Charles Bourgate accused both his master, Edward Manwaring , and his master’s alibi witness, John Munro , of participating in...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

“Both he and the boy were at Home that Evening”

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An anonymous letter now part of the Sparks Manuscripts at Harvard relates what happened when Justice Richard Dana (shown here) gave Cust...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

Charles Bourgate’s Massacre

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Today, 5 March, is the Sestercentennial anniversary of the Boston Massacre . I’ve written a lot about the Massacre over the years, includ...
Friday, March 04, 2016

Hammond Green on Trial

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Most people who follow early American history know that after the Boston Massacre the British soldiers were put on trial for murder. Peo...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

What Lay Behind the Administration of Justice Act

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Among Parliament ’s Coercive Acts of spring 1774 was the “act for the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons question...