#drama | Commonplace History 5/5

Two men from the 18th century talk outdoors, dressed in rich Georgian garb.

The Hill, an unfinished poem about John Adams

An unfinished yet elegant lyric poem about the epic dissolution of the historic friendship between John Adams and Jonathan Sewall in 1774.

Colonial-NewYorker

Aug 186 min read

An image of an 18th century tax stamp from England. This newspaper dates before 1765, so it is a grand example of tax stamps in England before the stamp act riots of 1765 in America

Prelude to the Stamp Act, 1765

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.

Colonial-NewYorker

Aug 169 min read

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The Hill, an unfinished poem about John Adams

Prelude to the Stamp Act, 1765