Author: John G. Battier Date: undated, probably late April 1775 “Capt: Gordon, Thos: Lugg, Wm: Lewis, Charles Carrier & Rich:d Grimshaw in the presence of Captn Battier of the 5th Light Company do solemnly declare, when they were returning to Join the Grenediers they saw a man belonging to the Light Company of the 4:th […]
about Warren
by Dr. Benjamin Church, Jr. To General Thomas “In Committee of Safety – Camb. May.10.1775 – Sir- As we are meditating a Blow against our restless Enemies – We therefore enjoin you as you would Evidence your Regard to Your Country, forthwith upon Receipt of this Order to repair to the Town of Cambridge, with […]
by Thomas Gage Date: March 8, 1775 Letter to Capt De la Place 26th Regt: Ticonderoga “…no doubt have put you on your Guard against any attempts to Surprize your Fort; and I conclude that you have made Report thereof to Major General Carleton, to whom you will apply for any Succor you may stand […]
Earlier this week an area resident and runner planned his sixth personal commemoration of Patriot’s Day. On the actual anniversary of the Revolutionary era historic events, McHugh sets out at 9:30 PM from the location of Joseph Warren’s home office toward the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington. As described in a previous post, Dr. Joseph Warren […]
Today we make a departure from posting primary source documents by and about Dr. Joseph Warren to note a bit of inspiration in the current day. A local runner has established a personal annual observance of the events, personalities, and principles that sparked a revolution. In light of the tragic events of recent days, it […]
An ORATION; delivered March 5th, 1773, at the Request of the INHABITANTS of the TOWN of BOSTON; to Commemorate the bloody TRAGEDY of the FIFTH of March, 1770. By Dr. BENJAMIN CHURCH. Impius haec culta novalia miles habebit? Barbarus has segetes? En quo Discordia cives Perduxit miseros? En queis consevimus agros? Virgil. Ecl. I. O […]
“TOWN MEETING IN BOSTON. Friday, May 13, 1774. On this day there was a numerous and respectable meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of this town, legally warned and assembled at Faneuil Hall, to consider an edict lately passed by the British Parliament, for shutting up the harbor, and otherwise punishing the inhabitants; and […]
Date: March 5, 1774 “Men, Brethren, Fathers, and Fellow-Countrymen: The attentive gravity; the venerable appearance of this crowded audience; the dignity which I behold in the countenances of so many in this great assembly; the solemnity of the occasion upon which we have met together, joined to a consideration of the part I am to […]
I have received a number of inquiries regarding the present location of Joseph Warren’s home and office in Boston’s North End of 1775 on Hanover Street. There are good reasons for such interest. On the evening of April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren dispatched Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous Midnight Rides and into […]
Previous postings here noted the discovery of separate publishers in geographically separated Massachusetts towns apparently sharing a single set-up of moveable type. This kind of cooperation had never been noted in all of English language Colonial and Early Republic newspaper publishing in North America. This earlier posting shows superimposed images of the first page of […]
