Boston 1775

On Easter in 1772, as I described yesterday , Trinity Church of Pomfret, Connecticut , formally set up its governing structure. The minist...

When the Rev. Richard Mosley arrived in Pomfret, Connecticut , in September 1771, asking about the need for an Anglican minister, Godfrey M...

So you want to read the “instrument” that Godfrey Malbone composed for the committee of Congregationalists who came to his house in Februar...

When Godfrey Malbone of Pomfret, Connecticut , set up an Anglican church and arranged for the Rev. Richard Mosley to preach there in the f...

When Cmdre. James Gambier sailed his flagship Salisbury back to Britain in August 1771 , he left behind the ship’s chaplain, the Rev. Rich...

A couple of days ago , I mentioned the Rev. Richard Mosley , chaplain of H.M.S. Salisbury . He wrote about Capt. Thomas Preston ’s trial for...

The Boston Whigs don’t appear to have been surprised or terribly upset when Capt. Thomas Preston was acquitted of murder for the Boston Mas...