"Got Clear to America By Way of France" - The Adventures of Privateer Captain Offin Boardm
If you’ve taken a tour with Untapped History, you know that we will often end the tour with stories about the exploits of Captain William...
"We Had a Very Heavy Gale of Wind" - The November 1774 Gale
In the Fall of 1774, most of Massachusetts was in the midst of wartime preparations against England. However, the military posturing was...
The Great Snow of 1717
With a pretty nasty snow storm bearing down on New England, we decided to examine an early 18th Century storm that is often cited in...
"Taken By The Enemy & Carried Into Boston Harbor" - The Fate of the Yankee Hero's
Several months ago we discussed the defeat of the Newburyport Privateer Yankee Hero following a running battle with the HMS Milford. The...
"Five or Six Pecks of Apples Were Stolen" - A Sampling of Historic Drink Recipes to Try on
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, it’s time once again to share some of our favorite historical drink recipes. A word of...
"the first Lord in the younited States of A mericary" - The Crazy Antics of "Lord&quo
Ah…”Lord” Timothy Dexter, the man who easily personifies bat sh*t crazy. How this atrocious speller and outrageously eccentric character...
"It Was Done by Fire and Water" - The Tea Burnings of Newburyport
In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act in an attempt to refinance the shaky economic base of the British East India Company. Established...
"True Sons of Liberty Throughout the World" - The Toasts of Newburyport
If you have ever joined Untapped History for one of its historic walking tours of Newburyport, you would have finished the tour with a...
"With a Pounce Like Great Guns" - The Earthquake of 1727
New Englanders were a superstitious lot in the 17th and 18th Centuries. One natural event that occasionally terrified Yankees were...
"The Savage in Man is Never Quite Eradicated" - The New England Vampire Panic
In the late 18th century, a bizarre panic set in throughout rural New England and continued almost until 1900. Known today as the “New...
