Boston 1775

For one last posting on the label “Breed’s Hill,” I’ll share some thoughts on whether that label matters. These days, it’s mostly useful ...

Yesterday I quoted Gen. William Howe ’s report on how he discovered and responded to the Continental Army fortifications on the heights o...

On 4 Dec 1775, Col. Jonathan Ward of Southborough convened a court-martial in the Continental Army camp at Roxbury . Col. Ward presided ...

In May 1775, the people of Hingham and other towns along the South Shore from Boston weren’t really worrying about protecting livestock on...

The Journal of the American Revolution just published Tim Abbott’s article about Lt. Col. Thomas Williams, Jr. (1746–1776), of Stockbridge ...

The National Council for Social Studies, the largest professional association devoted to social studies education, will meet in Boston on 19...

Josiah Waters (1721–1784) was a painter by training who became a respected merchant in pre-Revolutionary Boston. Waters joined the Old So...

On 25 May 1776, the New York provincial congress sent Gen. George Washington its report about Continental Army officers undergoing inocul...

This being the two-week anniversary of my second vaccination against Covid-19, I’m going to celebrate by looking at a controversy around ino...

Some accounts of the Battle of Lexington and Concord in April 1775 credit Josiah Waters of Boston with helping to provide intelligence ...

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Many events happen annually on Patriots’ Day (weather permitting), but here are a couple of events scheduled for tomorrow that will occur ...

I’ve often wondered how Gen. Artemas Ward reacted to the letters he received from the headquarters of his commander, Gen. George Washingt...

The day before Gen. George Washington wrote his letter asking Gen. John Thomas to stay with the Continental Army , he announced a new orga...

Gen. George Washington was displeased that Gen. Joseph Spencer stormed home to Connecticut in July 1775 in a snit over rank , but he pr...

When Nathaniel Folsom , newly appointed general of the New Hampshire troops, arrived at the siege of Boston in late June 1775, he found ...

Although the Continental Congress decided not to order Gen. George Washington to discharge all black soldiers he found in the Continenta...

In October 1775, some members of the Continental Congress were criticizing the quality of American troops besieging Boston. Among their co...