The Irony of the Boston Massacre and the Townshend Act
The Wikipedia entry for The Townshend Acts says the acts were “met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. Ironically, on the same day as the massacre in Boston, Parliament began to consider a motion to partially repeal ...
“The Reason of the King’s Wearing a Wig”
Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, September 13, 1773
The Christmas Truce of 1914: “One of the Most Unusual Events in Human History”
The History Channel “During World War I, in the winter of 1914, on the battlefields of Flanders, one of the most unusual events in all of human history took place,” according to the Snopes verification of what is called the Christmas Truce of 1914. The Germans, who had been engaged in fierce trench warfare with ...
The First Pony of The Pony Express
This time table for the Pony Express was published April 3, 1860 in the New York Herald.
The Salary of a King
As published in the December 26, 1803 issue of the Independent Chronicle (Boston).
Murderous Manners of 17th Century Europe
Among the reports in issue numb. 12 of the Oxford Gazette is this one: “Edinburgh, Dec. 15. Yesterday four young Fellows were whipt by the common Hang-man through the City, their Ears burn’d, and they afterward delivered to be Transported to the Barbado’s, for abusing one Mr. James Scot, Minister at Ancran, in Sermon time. ...
An Unlikely Spy Embedded as a Newspaper Printer
The Culper Spy Ring was a professional network of 20 spies managed by Benjamin Tallmadge of the 2nd Connecticut Light Dragoons under orders of General George Washington. The Culper Ring’s mission, according to Wikipedia: Infiltrate British-controlled New York City and report troop dispositions and intentions, and conduct covert operations throughout the American Revolutionary War. As ...
The Chance of Getting a Good Wife in 1755
Here’s an odd and humorous discovery from the April 7, 1755 issue of the New York Gazette, printed by James Parker. Enjoy.
