Boston 1775

From yesterday we continue with Robert Woolf ’s reminiscence of being a teen-aged businessman caught in the siege of Boston in the spring ...

Here’s an account of the siege of Boston first published in 1909 by the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto. It’s said to be “...

In 1844, John Slocum published An Authentic Narrative of the Life of Joshua Slocum: Containing a Succinct Account of His Revolutionary Servi...

This is a portrait of Mary Hubbard (1734–1808) painted by John Singleton Copley about 1764 and now owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. ...

Laying the ground for Tuesday’s online presentation for Old North Illuminated about the legends associated with Maj. John Pitcairn , here ...

Sticking with the saga of Henry Howell Williams and his quest for (over?)compensation meant I mustered only a brief mention of the Battle o...

As we reach the cusp of the Sestercentennial year of 2025, I’m highlighting some articles I’ve written for the Journal of the American Rev...

On 8 Sept 1845, the Exeter ( New Hampshire ) News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser published an item signed “G.” and dated one week earlie...

Lt. John Ragg of the Royal Navy ’s marines entered our scene back here , in an anecdote from the Shaw family of Boston about how he got in...

As I discussed yesterday , despite how Josiah Quincy characterized the situation in his biography of Samuel Shaw , the Shaw family was not ...

Earlier this month I had an online discussion with Kevin M. Levin, creator of Civil War Memory ( now on Substack ) and author of an upcoming...

In describing the skirmish at Lexington , the senior British officer on the scene, Maj. John Pitcairn of the Marines , wrote: …some of the ...

As part of my ongoing investigation of the cannon in Concord in April 1775, I’ve been gathering information about the merchant Duncan Ingr...

The centerpiece of Isaac Freeman ’s 1780 petition to the Massachusetts General Court , the basis of his request for compensation and the ...

This item appeared in the 1 Jan 1781 Boston Gazette , issued by Benjamin Edes : Messrs. PRINTERS, Your publishing the following Copy of a...

Lt. Col. James Abercrombie (1732-1775) led the battalion of British grenadiers, detached from their regiments , at the Battle of Bunker H...

As Don Hagist showed yesterday , it’s unlikely that Pvt. John Bateman was close enough to the Lexington common on 19 Apr 1775 to see the...