Boston 1775

On 5 Mar 1776, the British military and their supporters inside Boston got their first look at the brand-new Continental fortification on ...

John Frith was born in Westminster in 1752, according to Joanne Major and Sarah Murden ’s All Things Georgian: Tales from the Long Eightee...

As I wrote a couple of days back , since 1881 authors have discussed whether Margaret Gage might have divulged her husband’s plan for the A...

Lately I’ve been noodling on John Singleton Copley ’s portrait of the New York merchant Miles Sherbrook (1738-1815), now at the Chrysler M...

At the first Battle of Trenton in December 1776, Gen. George Washington ’s army surprised the king’s troops and took over 900 prisoners , ...

In late 2012, The Magazine Antiques [yes, I know] published an article by Christopher Bryant about a John Singleton Copley portrait he ...

I’ve been discussing the early life of Thomas Machin , commissioned a lieutenant in the Continental Army artillery on 18 Jan 1776. But wh...

A few days back I quoted Lt. Col. Stephen Kemble ’s diary entry for 8 Sept 1775 about an American soldier who deserted into Boston: anoth...

Continuing British Lt. Col. Stephen Kemble ’s diary entries mentioning deserters from the Continental lines during the siege of Boston fro...

I went through Lt. Col. Stephen Kemble ’s diary in 1775 for mentions of Continental soldiers deserting to the royal forces. As Gen. Thomas ...

According to Lt. Col. Stephen Kemble of Gen. Thomas Gage ’s military and marital family (shown here courtesy of Live Auctioneers ), on 6 Ju...

Thomas Gage , British army officer and younger son of a baronet, and Margaret Kemble , daughter of a wealthy New Jersey merchant, married in...