"Guilty of the Crime of High Treason" - The Fate of the Privateer Dalton
The brig Dalton was privateer based out of Newburyport, Massachusetts. On October 7, 1776, the vessel’s owners petitioned the Massachusetts Committee of Safety for a Letter of Marque. According to the petition, the privateer was “one hundred and sixty tons, armed with four six, fourteen four, and four two-pound carriage, and twenty swivels, fifteen hundred weight of powder, and four tons of shot, navigated by one hundred and twenty men; has on board, as provisions, one hundr
Pope's Night in Colonial Newburyport
Our friends at Revolution250 Boston have been hard at work researching the events surrounding the 1767 “Pope’s Night” celebration, which was clearly influenced by the political and economic tensions surrounding the Townsend Duties. So what was Pope’s Night (also known as Pope's Day)? Each year in 18th Century England, November 5th was celebrated as Guy Fawkes' Day. The holiday commemorated the thwarting of the “Gunpowder Plot” to overthrow King James I in 1605. In New Engla
