"In fiction, the principles are given, to find the facts: in history, the facts are given, to find the principles; and the writer who does not explain the phenomena as well as state them performs only one half of his office."
Thomas Babington Macaulay, "History," Edinburgh Review, 1828
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Boston Tea Party update
So, just when did people start calling it the "Tea Party"? 1805? J.L. Bell, who pursued the mystery of David Kinnison's alleged account of the incident, now turns his detective skills from the thing to the name. Follow the quest at Boston 1775.
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