A Bonnet, Universally Acknowledged
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that if a bonnet existed in the 1770s, it was black taffeta” has long been the rule reenactors have followed, particular...
Tag: Boston
Massacres and Mondays
March 5, 1770: Sound familiar? The Boston Massacre. Happened on a Monday, by the way: how ironic is that? But here’s the thing: if the Monday is emphasize...
Peddling a Myth
Every now and then, I reach the dammit! point of my research, where I am forced to realize that Everything I Assumed Was Wrong. I try to make those moments a ca...
The Boarding Party, or, Trip to the Wrong Ship
L’Hermione, remember her? That French ship? We were asked back in January if we wanted to be part of a group of Citizens of Boston in 1780 who came out to...
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