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“Such Ruins Were Never Seen In America:” The Looting of Thomas Hutchinson’s House During the Stamp Act Riots
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This lecture is the first of the 2021 Lowell Lecture Series presented by the Paul Revere Memorial Association: Neighborhood Biographies: Three Centuries of North End History. This lecture will be presented by John Tyler, Editor of Publications for the Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
On the night of August 26, 1765, a mob attacked Thomas Hutchinson’s house on Garden Court Street, just off North Square. By the next morning all of his possessions (and those of his servants) had either been carried off by rioters or were left shattered in the street. The detailed inventory of the contents that he submitted, hoping to be reimbursed by the crown, provides a unique insight into what life was like inside a great North End townhouse on the eve of the Revolution.
It is free to attend in-person and virtually, and will be available to stream and recorded for later viewing via WGBH’s Forum Network. Streaming will be available via Facebook and YouTube.
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