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Friday, May 30, 2025
“Lucky for the Town that the Fire broke out in the Day Time”?
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Just above its report on the Royal Navy store ship that caught fire in Boston harbor on 29 May 1773 ( quoted yesterday ), Richard Draper ’s...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
“A Fire broke out on board the fine large Store-Ship”
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While looking at the diary of Thomas Newell this spring, I was struck by this dramatic entry for 29 May 1773, 252 years ago today: King’s s...
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