Boston 1775

My last posting about Joseph Akley argued that despite being indentured away from his impoverished family at the age of ten and seeing his...

One of the striking details of Cdr. Sir George Collier ’s account of the sea battle on 6-8 July 1777, recounted yesterday , is how his ship ...

Capt. Joseph Dobel , veteran of a Boston riot , the Continental Navy , and the East India trade , was discussed at the highest levels of the...

Except for several months as a Continental Navy lieutenant under Capt. John Manley , which ended badly, Joseph Dobel appears to have spent...

Yesterday I discussed the early career of Joseph Doble , who followed his father in becoming a ship’s captain sailing out of Boston. Today...

Last night as I finished the posting about Owen Richards taking his attackers to court , I thought, “Who are those men he accused? Who wou...

When we left Owen Richards in May 1770, the magistrates of Boston were completely stymied in their inquiry into who had tarred and feather...