All posts tagged "siege of Boston"
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18.0Kboston7 Fun Facts About the Boston Irish
George Washington famously acknowledge the Boston Irish on March 17, 1776, when he ordered new code words to pass through Continental Army...
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7.8KArts 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...
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8.8K1Business and LaborWhen Poor Apprentice Laborers Were 2 Years Old
In 1754, Boston’s overseer of the poor bound out Joseph Clifton, aged two, as an apprentice to Aaron Clinton, a brickmaker in...
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9.6K2Politics and MilitaryEighty-year-old Captain David Perry Recalls a Simple Soldier’s Life
In 1821, Revolutionary War captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
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7.9KMassachusettsCaleb Gibbs Leads George Washington’s Secret Service
At the dawn of the American Revolution, George Washington realized he needed personal protection. And so he formed the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard in...
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12.1K1MaineThe Battle of Margaretta, When Pitchforks Beat the British Navy
The Battle of Margaretta, by today’s standards, was really more of a skirmish: a sailing vessel with four guns attacked by woodsmen...
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