Costumed members of this Revolutionary War reenactment group take on the roles of farmers, carpenters, tailors, and millers who volunteered to turn out "at a moment's notice" as Minute Men as tensions between occupied Boston and the countryside increased following the closure of the Port of Boston, and seizures of gunpowder and cannon by the […]

Online lecture by Charlotte Carrington-Farmer Professor of History, Roger Williams University Livestream Link Horses first appeared in New England in 1629, when Francis Higginson shipped approximately 25 mares and stallions from Leicestershire, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Horses were central to survival in terms of work, travel, communication, and leisure. However, for New Englanders, […]

Throughout the 18th century, Ipswich Massachusetts was the largest commercial producer of lace on the North American continent. Continental production became even more important during the years leading up to the American Revolution when provincial citizens began boycotting imported English goods. Lace of all types from simple tapes to lavish and expensive silk trims were made […]

See how colonial craftsmen created eye-catching marbled papers. Watch as R. P. Hale floats pigments in water, swirls the colors, then transfers the designs to paper. It may look like magic but Hale will explain the very real science behind this fascinating phenomenon.