Boston 1775

The Telltale essays by Harvard College students in Ebenezer Turell ’s notebook come to a stop on 1 Nov 1721. In the preceding month, 411...

On 26 Aug 1765, the Boston Gazette ran this notice on the bottom of its third page amidst the local news: Messieurs Edes & Gill ....

In the spring of 1768, a pamphlet was published in Boston with the title A Modest Account concerning the Salutations and Kissings in ancient...

Hannah Mather Crocker (1752-1829) was a descendant of the leading Puritan ministers Increase and Cotton Mather, daughter of the Rev. Samuel ...

Boston 1775 promises gossip about the people of Revolutionary Boston, so for new material I’ve gone to a rather gossipy bunch: New England ...