Boston 1775

Recently the New York Times reported on the upcoming final volume of the Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 17...

On Thanksgiving , I quoted novelist Royall Tyler ’s account of that celebration in a genteel Yankee household, written for The Bay Boy , a n...

As long as I'm on the subject of audio lectures for downloading , I'll highlight three websites featuring audio interviews with some...

Back in September I mentioned a series of lectures at Old South Meeting-House about radicalism in the American Revolution . Audio and/or vid...

Ed St. Germain at AmericanRevolution.org has announced the online posting of the complete Complete Letter-Writer: Or, Polite English Secreta...

For the next few days, I've decided, Boston 1775 will highlight some free online resources that relate to Revolutionary New England. Ov...

Printer Isaiah Thomas was a pack rat or, as historians gratefully call this type of person, a dedicated archivist. He collected many of the ...

One small trend in recent history-writing is to focus on people’s sensory experiences. (I suppose writing whole books on “place” got old.) ...

Earlier this week I zipped by Valley Forge National Historical Park , so it seems like a good moment to discuss a most curious text about Ge...

Tomorrow the History Channel is scheduled to air a program on Gen. Horatio Gates, commander of the Continental forces at Saratoga. The prog...

I found what I want for my birthday! This delightful Ralph Earl painting from about 1783 of two brothers is being offered by the Hirschl ...

Recently I wrote an entry about Patrick M’Robert’s tour of the northern British colonies in North America in 1774-75. I omitted how his acco...

The appearance of "Anticks," or mummers, in Revolutionary Boston , as described in yesterday's post, was not enjoyed by all. O...

Here's a seasonal memory from Samuel Breck, born in Boston to a well-to-do merchant during the Revolutionary War; Recollections of Samue...

Over at the City Record and Boston News-Letter , Charles Swift writes: State Representative Peter Koutoujian’s proposal to ban trans fats f...

This morning I’m sharing a bit of travel literature: Patrick M’Robert’s A Tour Through Part of the North Provinces of America: Being, a Seri...

Rep. Virgil Goode , Republican of Virginia, has sent a letter to hundreds of his constituents criticizing another elected Representative fo...

A posting at A Student of History , by John Maass, alerted me to a recent ceremony in Washington, D.C., respecting Oscar Marion, enslaved se...

Last week we saw an elaborate ceremony for a departing military administrator , so it seems appropriate to recall how Gen. George Washington...

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