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Widow Elizabeth Cutter, with sons William and Richard, emigrated from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts about 1640; William emigrated first in 1637, but later returned to England and died a bachelor. Richard (ca.1620-1693) married twice and was buried in Cambridge (after he died in Menotomy). Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas and elsewhere.
by Martha Joanna Lamb, John Austin Stevens, Henry Phelps Johnston, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Nathan Gillett Pond, William Abbatt
2024 · BoD – Books on Demand
Reprint of the original, first published in 1879.
An evocative and enthralling account of a defining event in American history This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in American history, the Boston Tea Party—exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of eighteenth-century Boston, and setting this audacious prelude to the American Revolution in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together—from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston’s ladies of leisure—Benjamin L. Carp illuminates how a determined group of New Englanders shook the foundations of the British Empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party’s uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America’s tempestuous past.