All posts tagged "John Singleton Copley"
-
5.7KArts and LeisureHow John Singleton Copley Painted John Adams’ World
John Singleton Copley painted exquisite portraits of individual New Englanders before the American Revolution. Put his pre-revolutionary paintings together (or visit the...
-
5.8KMassachusettsThe Great Puritan Periwig Controversy
Cotton Mather and Samuel Sewall were close and lifelong friends. They moved in the same Boston social circles, shared companions, dined together and...
-
19.4K1MassachusettsSamuel Adams – The Last Puritan Fights the American Revolution Twice
Samuel Adams, the troublemaking firebrand who stirred the common rabble into supporting the American Revolution, became known as the last Puritan late...
-
11.9K5MassachusettsJoseph Warren, The Patriot Who Might Have Made Us Forget George Washington
Joseph Warren, say some today, would have been the first president of the United States had he not been killed at the Battle...
-
14.2K2MassachusettsTen Facts About Dorothy Quincy – John Hancock’s Wife
In 1775 at age 38, John Hancock was one of the most eligible bachelors among the Boston rebels. Made wealthy by his...
-
8134bostonJudith Sargent Murray, the Forgotten Revolutionary
In 1984, 20 volumes of 5,000 letters by an 18th-century feminist were discovered in Natchez, Miss. They were written by Judith Sargent...
To Top
