Boston 1775

On 10 Mar 1776, 250 years ago today , Gen. George Washington ’s military secretary, Robert Hanson Harrison (shown here), sent this order to...

Here’s another glimpse of Gen. George Washington ’s work in Cambridge 250 years ago . On 11 Dec 1775, mustermaster general Stephen Moylan...

As I’ve been discussing, a British army court-martial ordered Lt. Col. William Walcott to be reprimanded on the Common in front of the se...

The Battle of Brooklyn on 27 Aug 1776 didn’t end well for the Continental Army . Gen. Sir William Howe ’s forces inflicted heavy casualties...

I’ve been analyzing the likely sources for the 15 Jan 1776 article in John Dunlap ’s Pennsylvania Packet about the flag on Prospect Hill a...

On 16 Mar 1776, the British military still hadn’t evacuated Boston. To be fair, that wasn’t for lack of trying. The previous day, Capt....

Back when I was researching Gen. George Washington ’s life and work in Cambridge for the National Park Service, one of the books I drew o...

On 3 Mar 1776, Gen. George Washington followed up his short note to Gen. Artemas Ward (quoted yesterday) with a full set of orders for m...

I left off yesterday with Gen. George Washington asking the Massachusetts government to release Lt. Thomas Machin from his project surve...

In February 1776, Gen. George Washington was desperate enough for an aide de camp with the right skills that he asked Gen. Charles Lee t...