James Articules, a man of color, was paid to serve in place of Medfield’s Henry Harding during the Revolutionary War. … More
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MARIA AND JEMMY
“Maria and Jemmy Bound to the ‘family’ hearth, Lift their enslavers” – S.E. Will you be selling a family member … More
CELIA’S SMALLPOX INOCULATION
What did Celia think when her arm was sliced? How about when the dried pus was placed in the cut … More
JEMBO
If you have a romanticized idea about colonial taverns, leave those thoughts at the old inn’s front doorstep. You will … More
The Little Person of the Wayside Inn
Drawing from Adrian Covert’s “Taverns of the American Revolution, I learned that Benjamin Franklin was critical of inns and taverns. … More
DICK BRATTLE’S REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION
Transcription by Susan G. Elliott, 26 Aug 2022 To read the original manuscript, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54040531 “State of Vermont, District of Windsor … More
DR. JOHN CORBETT’S PROBATED ESTATE INVENTORY
Dick Brattle’s Deposition in the Case of Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham, 16 Mass. 108, 15 Tyng 108 (1819), September 1819 at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts Archives)
Transcription by Susan G. Elliott, 26 August 2022 The transcription follows the photos of the manuscript. I Dick Brattle of … More
A Research Companion to the Article, Black Colonial Coopers
Here you will find the newspaper articles and advertisements that I transcribed in research for the previous article, Black Colonial … More
QUEEN NANNY AND THE BIELSKI BROTHERS
What comes to mind when you hear the word, maroon? Is it a color? A dark red? Well, yes. But, … More