Boston 1775

Earlier this month the Boston Globe published an essay by the historian Peter Charles Hoffer that it headlined, “Happy Salem Gunpowder D...

At the same time that Rhode Island ’s preparations for war included moving cannon from Newport to Providence , where they would be beyond ...

During the Revolutionary War, the biggest root of domestic conflicts was probably high prices for the necessities of life. American society ...

On 25 Dec 1775, the white male property-owners of Portsmouth , New Hampshire —ignoring Christmas, like good descendants of Puritans—held a t...

The Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth , New Hampshire , is hosting its annual Candlelight Stroll this weekend, 13 and 14 December, from ...

John Loring was born in 1761, one of the younger sons of Commodore Joshua Loring and his wife Mary. He and his twin brother Thomas may well...

Baron Frederick William Augustus von Steuben arrived in Portsmouth , New Hampshire, on 1 Dec 1777 with his young French aides and a servant...

On the same day that Gen. George Washington was dealing with the fallout of Dr. Benjamin Church’s trial , he was still trying to make sure ...

I've decided to start an irregular series of postings called "Myths of Lexington and Concord." By "Lexington and Concord...