Home Remedies of 17th Century New England Housewives
Tufts University Shool of Medicine professor Lori Lyn Price talked about the homemade remedies created and used by 17th …
On the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, re-enactors and observers recreated the debate that took place in the Old South Meeting House, b… read more
On the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, re-enactors and observers recreated the debate that took place in the Old South Meeting House, blocks away from Griffin’s Wharf. On December 16, 1773 thousands of Massachusetts colonists gathered at Old South Meeting House in Boston to discuss a shipment of tea that had recently arrived in port from Britain. The arrival of the tea escalated an already existing debate over the new tea tax, and the Sons of Liberty led an effort to protest the King’s new measure. After the debate, colonists marched to Griffin’s Wharf and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor. close
Tufts University Shool of Medicine professor Lori Lyn Price talked about the homemade remedies created and used by 17th …
The Boston Athenaeum and Boston’s Poets' Theatre presented a staged reading program in honor of the literary legacy of f…
Eve LaPlante talked about her book, American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Pur…
Historian Margo Burns discussed primary sources from the Salem Witch Trials compiled in a book project titled Records of…