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Monday, February 06, 2023
“Go down to the ferry ways so as to see Charls”
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Even after the siege of Boston began, the nearby ferries continued to operate, at least intermittently. Those boats offered ways to transmi...
Thursday, August 13, 2020
“Brisk Firing” along the Rivers in 1775
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When we last peeked in on Malden during the siege of Boston , a British raiding party from Charlestown had crossed the Mystic River an...
Thursday, August 06, 2020
“Two floating batteries came up Mystic River”
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Back in June , we left the town of Malden worrying in mid-1775 about being attacked by British forces out of Charlestown, across the Myst...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
How Malden Managed “Our Cannon”
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On 21 Apr 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress ’s Committee of Safety officially set up its artillery regiment by sending for Rich...
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Monday, December 25, 2017
Moses Brown’s Malden Christmas
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In December 1775, Moses Brown led a delegation of Quakers from Rhode Island up to the Boston siege lines to bring relief to the suffer...
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Sunday, April 30, 2017
Malden’s Road to Revolution Retraced, 2 May
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On Tuesday, 2 May, the Malden Historical Society will hold its 130th annual meeting with a special presentation titled “Malden—Steps Alon...
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