Isaiah Thomas

by Samuel A. Forman In my biography of Joseph Warren, I suggest that his fiancée Miss Mercy Scollay may have been the author of an intriguing and ingenious poem that appeared anonymously in June 1774. Articles Which Female Vanity has Comprised as Necessaries was featured in Isaiah Thomas’ Royal American Magazine just as the Solemn […]

Author: Wayne McCarthy, Waltham Public Schools and Past Captain Commanding of the Lexington Minute Men Date: Jan-Feb 1773 Source: Massachusetts Spy, Vol. II, issue 104, suppl, January 29, 1773; Essex Gazette, Vol. V, Issue 136, pp. 1-2 suppl, February 9, 1773 Commentary:  Mr. McCarthy speculates, with respect to both political motivations and the mechanics of […]

Author: Wayne McCarthy, Waltham Public Schools and Past Captain Commanding of the Lexington Minute Men Date: Jan-Feb 1773 Source: Massachusetts Spy, Vol. II, issue 104, suppl, January 29, 1773; and Essex Gazette, Vol. V, Issue 136, pp. 1-2 suppl, February 9, 1773 Several authorities have taken note of the apparently identical printings of the Massachusetts’ […]

Date:  Jan-Feb 1773 The Massachusetts Spy, Vol. II, issue 104, suppl; January 29, 1773;  Essex Gazette, Vol. V, Issue 136, pp. 1-2 suppl, February 9, 1773;  and Massachusetts Gazette Extraordinary, Issue 3618, p. 1, February 4, 1773 – published the Massachusetts House of Representatives’ answer to Thomas Hutchinson’s New Year’s 1773 speech.  The first two […]