Monday, February 27, 2017

"Lobster Son of a B----": A Loyalist Rebuke of the Boston Massacre

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One of the compelling reasons many Loyalists remained faithful to the crown was the dislike of mob violence and a belief in public order and...
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

"A Soldier Received a Bad Cut on the Shoulder" - The Battle of Golden Hill

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In 1767 England was in the midst of a financial crisis. Charles Townshend, the impetuous Chancellor of the Exchequer, of whom it was said, ...
Monday, February 6, 2017

"We do voluntarily Inlist ourselves" - The Independent Massachusetts Militia Companies of 1775

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Over the past year, Historical Nerdery has been collecting data on the militia and minute companies of Massachusetts. As we progressed with...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

New York Public Library's "List of Loyalists Whom Judgments Were Given Under the Confiscation Act"

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The New York Public Library recently announced that it has digitized the " List of Loyalists Whom Judgments Were Given Under the Confis...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

"Best to the Reliefe of Our Friend[s] and Country" - Amesbury's War Effort on the Eve of Lexington and Concord

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In 1774, many Massachusetts towns undertook sweeping measures to prepare for war with England. Surprisingly, Amesbury was not one of those ...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

"We Stopt to Polords & Eat Some Bisket & Ches on the Comon" - How the Andover Minute Men Missed an Opportunity to Attack the British

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In the early morning of April 19, 1775, news of a British operation towards Concord reached the Merrimack Valley.  As militia and minute com...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Militia Laws, Resolutions and Minute Men - Five Important Facts to Remember about the 1774-1775 American War Effort

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This past weekend, we at Historical Nerdery had the opportunity to share our research on  Pre-Lexington and Concord militia laws  at a works...