I have started to give a few presentations based on my long article for Connecticut History Review. Entitled, "To Provision Washington's Army: 1776 and the Norwich Huntington Group." It is a bit of an awkward title but one that just keeps sticking I guess. Norwich was a key SAFE supply depot, loyalist prison center, admiralty court, and embarkation destination for thousands of Continental army troops during 1776. Most of the troops and supplies stopped in Norwich to take vess

Speaking at Beverly Public Library, October 2025. I just want to thank everyone who periodically ask me about my book project on the Huntingtons and their long arc of time in Norwich (1660-1893) and what can be learned from that. I want to know how they made their money and were a robust family until bad things happened and then they finally had to move. It's a saga. I like sagas--but sagas take a long time I guess, especially if you want to get it right! It'll probably be 80

This was a fun day! Battle of Bunker's Hill reenactment, June 2025, Gloucester, MA. The rebels eventually lost this battle because they ran out of gunpowder . But, they held on long enough to give the Regulars a pretty bad beating. Note the antique garbage can. It is early January 2026 and I am preparing a new long-form journal article, as well as a companion presentation, regarding 1776 and Norwich, Connecticut. I can prove the tremendous roles ordinary Norwich people played

Did Faith actually witness this famous battle? Visiting the area on June 17, 1775 exposed her to war. I have enjoyed watching Ken Burns' documentary, The American Revolution, and appreciate all the hard work that has gone into it . However, I was more than a bit disturbed by the lack of screen time for colonial Connecticut merchants and politicians that did so much for the war during the first few years. Connecticut merchants and their associates (i.e. ship captains) fed and

On a hot Sunday in June, 250 years ago one of the most ferocious battles of the whole American Revolution took place on Breed's Hill in...

Very early Dutch map of Lower Manhattan. Notice the curved lanes and streets. Bowling Green is located at the beginning of Broadway. Wall...

I still continue to slowly wade my way through my book. Have had an extremely busy year of shoulder surgery, travel, and family business. The Revolutionary War chapters are the most challenging because there are a lot of documents to sift through, prioritize, and analyze. Andrew (1745-1824), was the second of Jabez' five sons (Jedediah, Andrew, Joshua, Ebenezer, and Zechariah) and the only one to not have an active-duty military career during the war. He was, however, a reso

This post offers just a glimpse into some of the people close to Jabez during his lifetime. There are so many it will be impossible to...

Recently, while procrastinating on my research and writing on Margaret Barret Huntington Stoughton (MBHS), Seventeenth-century Puritan...

*Originally posted March 18th 2019* On the morning of March 17, 1776, a British armada of ships filled with soldiers, officers,...