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Prewar Conflict (<1775), Prewar Politics (<1775) October 17, 2023 October 16, 2023

The Winter of 1774–1775 in Boston

by Bob Ruppert

On June 1, 1774, in response to the Boston Tea Party, the newly appointed governor, Lt.-Gen. Thomas Gage, shut down the towns’ harbor. All…

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Politics, Prewar Conflict (<1775), Prewar Politics (<1775) January 15, 2019 January 13, 2019

The Earl of Dartmouth: Secretary of State for the Colonies, Third Year: August 1774–November 1775

by Bob Ruppert

While the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on holiday in the summer of 1774, his office continued to receive…

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1. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Joe. There is so much there in such things if you take a look. It gets you to the minutia that people like you and me get into.
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Mike. The support documents often have a lot of information. If drill down a bit farther, there are sometimes letters from later generations in the application file that identify…
3. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

You need to take these depositions with a large grain of salt. I use them a lot for my research/writing, but they need at least some confirmation or a parallel…