Author: Elizabeth M. Covart

Elizabeth M. Covart is an independent scholar located in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the Pennsylvania State University and the University of California, Davis, where she received her Ph.D. in early American history. In addition to writing her first book, tentatively titled America’s First Gateway: Albany, New York, 1614-1830, Liz hosts “Ben Franklin’s World: A Podcast About Early American History.” She also enjoys working in the field where she leads tours of revolutionary Boston and volunteers at a local historical society. For more information about Liz, her blog Uncommonplace Book, and her podcast visit elizabethcovart.com.

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Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot

Silas Deane assisted the Patriot cause as a congressman, merchant, and diplomat. In 1776, Deane undertook a mission to France as the Patriots’ official, unofficial envoy. Officially, Deane arrived in Paris to conduct business as a private merchant. Unofficially, the Second Continental Congress had tasked Deane with securing supplies for the army and presents for […]

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Bunker Hill Monument and Memory

Yesterday marked the 170th anniversary of the commemoration of the Bunker Hill Monument. It took the Bunker Hill Monument Association, thousands of individual donors, a craft and bake sale organized by Sarah Josepha Hale, a large donation from philanthropist Judah Touro, and seventeen years to complete construction of the 221-foot tall obelisk, the first major […]

by Elizabeth M. Covart