The Massachusetts Historical Society has launched a new digital collection called the “Siege of Boston: Eyewitness Witness Accounts from the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.”
Here is synopsis of the project:
This website presents more than one dozen accounts written by individuals personally engaged in or affected by the Siege, including soldiers, prisoners (one imprisoned Loyalist and one Patriot), and residents along with the record of a town meeting during the Siege. These first-hand experiences recounted in 25 manuscripts (approximately 300 pages of letters, diaries, and documents from the Massachusetts Historical Society collections) give the human side of the American Revolution, a perspective often overlooked in histories that describe the Siege as a series of military events. Three maps show the original, ruggedly-shaped peninsula of Boston, the harbor and harbor islands. The maps show various locations associated with the Siege including some military positions and defenses such as the blockade lines (or “works”) on Boston Neck (the thin strip of land connecting the peninsula to Roxbury).
Teachers and professors: turn your students loose in this collection!
HT: Boston 1775
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