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Katie Turner Getty

Katie Turner Getty is a Boston lawyer, writer, and independent researcher. She earned her J.D. at night from New England Law Boston, cum laude, holds a B.A. from Wellesley College with a focus on revolutionary America and is a graduate of Bunker Hill Community College. A lifelong history enthusiast, Katie can often be found exploring historic sites both on and off Boston’s Freedom Trail. She enjoys reading, family tree research, and drinking too much coffee. For more about Katie, visit www.katieturnergetty.com or follow her on Twitter @KTGetty13.

Illness and Disease, Medicine July 28, 2020 July 26, 2020

Coronavirus 2020? Nope. The Speckled Monster of 1764

In January 1764, a “speckled monster” struck Boston, forcing businesses to shutter and residents to isolate themselves in their homes or flee the city…

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Illness and Disease, The War Years (1775-1783) January 9, 2020 January 8, 2020

Smoking the Smallpox Sufferers

At about midnight on September 29, 1792, Ashley Bowen and his young assistant, Tucker Huy, heard a carriage clatter up the Boston Road and…

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Conflict & War, Memoir, People, Prisoners of War May 7, 2019 May 6, 2019

Misadventures in the Countryside: Escape from a British Prison Ship

Thomas Painter inhaled sea water. As he struggled to recover from the “draft of Salt Water” that flooded his mouth and throat, he was…

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Illness and Disease, Memoir, Prisoners of War, The War Years (1775-1783) March 11, 2019 March 11, 2019

Walking Skeletons: Starvation on Board the Jersey Prison Ship

Eighteen-year-old Andrew Sherburne’s younger brother, Samuel, guided Sherburne into a room away from the rest of the family to help wash and dress him….

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Conflict & War, Illness and Disease, Memoir, Prisoners of War January 10, 2019 January 9, 2019

Death Had Almost Lost Its Sting: Disease on the Prison Ship Jersey

“There, rebels, there is a cage for you.”[1] Forced to row under guard of British marines, a boatload of captured American sailors approached the…

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Features July 25, 2018 July 25, 2018

Join JAR on a Rev War Road Trip!

The JAR 2018 Annual Volume is going on a road trip and you’re invited! If you plan on visiting any Revolutionary War historic sites…

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Conflict & War, Features, The War Years (1775-1783) May 24, 2018 May 22, 2018

The Balls Whistled Over Our Heads: Continentals and Cannonballs

The booming roar of cannon shattered the stillness of the warm summer air around Boston. A thirty-two pound cannonball screamed through the sky toward…

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Features, The War Years (1775-1783) April 9, 2018 April 9, 2018

The House at Penny Ferry, Burnt: Skirmishes on the Mystic

In the summer of 1775, American forces had succeeded in bottling up the British army on the Boston peninsula and laying siege to the…

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Features February 1, 2018 January 30, 2018

The Route is by Way of Winnisimmet: Chelsea and the Refugees

It was August 1775 and Belcher Noyes, worried about his son Nathaniel, was writing to him from Boston for a third time. “My dear…

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) October 5, 2017 October 2, 2017

Displaced: The Donation People of 1775

In late November 1775, just as the bone-chilling New England winter started to settle upon Massachusetts, British General Howe loaded three hundred poor, sick…

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People September 7, 2017 September 3, 2017

Unfriendly to America? The Two Sides of Jacob Rogers

 Jacob Rogers was scared. So scared, in fact, that he—a Loyalist and former lieutenant in the Royal Navy—traveled twelve miles to the Continental Army…

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People June 6, 2017 May 28, 2017

Before the Bayonetting: The Untold Story of Capt. Samuel Whittemore

Capt. Samuel Whittemore, a seventy-eight year old American farmer, became a legend on April 19, 1775 when he was shot in the face by…

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