Boston 1775

History, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution in New England.

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Showing posts with label Phebe Savil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phebe Savil. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2025

“Phebe Oliphant (a Black woman)”

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At the Eleven Names Project, Wayne William Tucker shared a long essay about the preferred names of the black woman who helped to raise Ab...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Abigail Adams’s Quiet Thanksgiving in 1798

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On 29 Nov 1798, Abigail Adams sat down to an unusually small Thanksgiving dinner . An autumn Thanksgiving feast was an important tradit...
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