Boston 1775

With the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill coming up on 17 June, the central office of the National Park Service has ordered Boston ...

Last week saw the anniversary of the Battle of Waxhaws in South Carolina on 29 May 1780. That was a lopsided bloody victory for the British...

In 1736 Bennet Bard (1711–1757) of Burlington, New Jersey, was the sheriff of Hunterdon County. Bard’s father Peter had been a Huguenot re...

Commonplace published David E. Paterson’s article “Jefferson’s Mystery Woman Identified.” It begins: Historians have long wondered what p...

In 1798 the U.S. Congress, caught up in the possibility of war against France (then under the Directory government ), passed a series of co...

Pennsylvania Heritage shares an interesting article by Patrick J. Donmoyer of Kutztown University on the “Hebamme Büchlein” or work record...

Here are some links to music with colonial connections to enjoy at home over the upcoming holidays. During last year’s stay-at-home holid...

South Indians were enslaved in North America well before the two Continental Army soldiers I discussed yesterday . The 9 June 1757 Boston ...

The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at the New England Historic Genealogical Society is offering an online course on “Freedoms and Chal...

At the website of the Danvers Archival Center, part of the town’s public library , Richard B. Trask shared his essay “Discovering Paul Reve...

Today, 5 March, is the Sestercentennial anniversary of the Boston Massacre . I’ve written a lot about the Massacre over the years, includ...

The younger boy hit by “Swan shot” from Ebenezer Richardson ’s musket on 22 Feb 1770 was named Christopher Seider (although that last n...

The Connecticut Courant article I quoted yesterday named three men in addition to Isaac Johnson , the paterfamilias so distraught by tub...

On 22 June 1784, the Connecticut Courant ran an article which has become highly significant for hunters of vampires and vampire lore. It ...

On Thursday, 5 December, the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and King’s Chapel will celebrate the publication of The Colonial Records ...

On Friday, 3 May, the New England Historic and Genealogical Society will host a noontime lecture by Jill Farinelli on the topic “The Pala...

Before going on with The Saga of the Brazen Head , I’ll zip through what happened with Richard Fry . Under his contract for the  paper m...

As discussed yesterday , in the summer of 1776 a committee of Continental Congress heavyweights— Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , and Tho...

In the musical 1776 , the characters of Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , and Thomas Jefferson debate which bird would be the best symbol ...