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Thursday, February 26, 2026
“It was not the Butler who fell in Battle”
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I just finished quoting a letter that Jonathan Hastings, Jr. , of Cambridge addressed to “Friend Jacob” on 11 June 1775. The letter probabl...
Sunday, May 31, 2020
“I wish for a happy Harmony in the Legislature”
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As the Boston Whigs held a simulation of Election Day ceremonies on 30 May 1770, the real thing was going on across the river in Cambridg...
Monday, April 11, 2016
A New Biography of the Rev. Jonas Clarke
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This season has brought a new biography of the Rev. Jonas Clarke , the Lexington minister who was hosting John Hancock and Samuel Adams ...
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