Advertising the Launch of Royal American Magazine

Posted by on May 1, 2010 in 1763-1775, 1775-1783, 18th Century, All Posts, American Revolutionary War, Colonial America, Colonial Printing, Newspaper Ads | No Comments

Supplementing his weekly Massachusetts Spy newspaper, perhaps to satisfy a demand for more hard-hitting anti-British essays and illustrations, Isaiah Thomas printed the first issue of Royal American Magazine in January 1774.  The magazine was published every month until the eve of the Revolutionary War and featured Paul Revere and John Hancock among its many contributors. ...

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A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston

Posted by on Mar 3, 2010 in 1763-1775, 18th Century, All Posts, American Revolutionary War, Colonial America, Colonial Printing, Founding Fathers, Major Historical Events, Milestone Documents | 2 Comments

At a town meeting on March 12, 1770 — one week after the Boston Massacre — James Bowdoin, Joseph Warren and Samuel Pemberton were appointed to a committee to prepare the Patriot account of the massacre. According to John Doggett Jr.’s 1849 enhanced edition of the Patriot account, during that March 12 meeting a “report ...

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