Commonplace History 

A short vignette in a Shakespearean style about the moment when the frigate Edward deposited royal tax stamps in NYC in the year 1765, prefacing a lengthy period of rioting and political violence.

Nota Bene : This is a small snippet from my up-coming novel set in the days of 1765-1776 in British North America. This writing is a...

In the days of the Massachusetts Bay colony, when Boston was still but a small peninsula, seemingly tethered to the earth by a mere...