Audio Tour: Loyalists of Cambridge

Henry Pelham, 1777.

Through this self-guided audio tour, explore the stories of the residents of Brattle Street who chose to remain loyal to England at the onset of the American Revolution.

This self-guided audio tour is also available on the free NPS app! You can download this tour ahead of your visit and listen along as you walk through Cambridge.

Total run time of all audio clips: 14 minutes, 36 seconds.

 

 

Download this tour and discover many more using the free NPS App!

How to find the Loyalists of Cambridge audio tour on the NPS App

1. Download the free NPS App from your preferred app store
2. Tap "Find a Park" and search "Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site"
3. Select "Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Massachusetts," which will take you to the park homepage on the App
4. Tap "Self-Guided Audio Tours"
5. Select "Loyalists of Cambridge"

Learn More....

To learn more stories related to the loyalists of Cambridge and view the resources used in this tour explore below.

• Bell, J.L. "The Disappearance of Jonathan Sewall." Boston 1775, 5 April 2020.
• Bell, J.L. George Washington's Headquarters and Home, Cambridge, Massachusetts. National Park Service, 2012.
• Eliot, Samuel Atkins. A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913. Cambridge, MA: The Cambridge Tribune, 1913.
• History Cambridge. "Cambridge and the American Revolution."
• Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS. "Though Dwelling in a Land of Freedom."
• Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS and Golden Ball Tavern Museum. Tory History Hunt.
• O'Leary, Janice. "Familiar Name Comes Under Question." Boston.com, 12 November 2006.
• Pelham, Henry, and Francis Jukes. A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea with the military works constructed in those places in the years and 1776. London, 1777. Map.