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Jake @ HUBhistory

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Host of HUB History, a Boston history podcast that goes far beyond the Freedom Trail. Freelance podcast producer. Recovering marathoner and current YMCA swimmer. Dog lover. 🔗 https://HUBhistory.com/ 📍 Boston, MA 🎧 HUB History

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Jake @ HUBhistory@hubhistory.com · 2d ago

The Province of Massachusetts Bay built Boston Light in 1716 and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts rebuilt it in 1776, at our own expense. If the federal government doesn't want it anymore, the Commonwealth shouldn't have to bid on our own asset. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/b...

A new steward for Boston’s oldest lighthouse? - The Boston Globe

Federal government puts Boston's Harbor's oldest lighthouse complex up for sale to nonprofits.

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Jake @ HUBhistory@hubhistory.com · last wk.

In this week's episode of HUB History, history meets cartography in my conversation with @awoodruff.bsky.social about his new book Boston in 50 Maps. Listen now! www.hubhistory.com/episodes/bos...

Boston in 50 Maps, with Andy Woodruff (episode 358) - HUB History: Boston history podcast

Andy Woodruff’s new book Boston in 50 Maps goes beyond familiar compilations of public-domain historic maps of Boston, Woodruff’s work offers an engaging, data-driven look at the Hub through 50 origin...

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Joanne Freeman@jbf1755.bsky.social · 3w ago

Umm…. There are going to be several hundred early American historians in Philadelphia, beginning tomorrow. Maybe some of us will have something to say. They supposedly did this last night because of the All Stars game. They goofed.

Abraham Gutman@abgutman.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨BREAKING: President Trump’s administration installed overnight a new exhibit at the site of George Washington’s Philadelphia home instead of the memorial to the 9 people kept in bondage at the nation’s first White House. National Park Service dismantled the original slavery exhibit in January. 🎁 🔗

Leon Jackson@drleonj.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here's a list of salaries for every teacher in Boston in 1823. John Russwurm, Master of the African School, earned far less than any white instructor, male of female. Russwurm, who had graduated from Bowdoin, would go on to co-edit Freedom's Journal, the nation's first African American newspaper 🗃️

A list of teachers' salaries in Boston in 1823. Most white school masters earned $1200 a year. Ushers (essentially teaching assistants) earned $750. John Brown Russwurm, Master of the African School, earned just $225 for the year. His assistant, Sally Parkman, $180. Source: Boston Board of Aldermen Docket Documents, 1823, Boston City Archives
Jake @ HUBhistory@hubhistory.com · 3w ago

In our latest podcast, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr each visit Boston for the first time, then have their final, fateful, face-to-face meeting in Boston years later. Listen now! www.hubhistory.com/episodes/ham...

Hamilton and Burr in Boston (episode 357) - HUB History: Boston history podcast

For fans of the Hamilton musical, many members of the cast of characters have appeared on the podcast in the past. We talked about the years when Angelica Schuyler lived under an assumed name in Bosto...

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Andrew Wehrman@profwehrman.bsky.social · last mo.

Today is the 250th anniversary of Boston’s mass inoculation against smallpox on July 3, 1776. The city was effectively closed to commerce from July through September 1776. The mass immunization effort was cheered as evidence of true independence. Here's how I described it in my book:

While John Adams and fifty-five men in Philadelphia debated a resolution on independence and the final wording of the Declaration of Independence, the people of Boston declared their own independence from smallpox. The measures taken in both cities provided hope that America would not only be a republic free of a king but also a country free from disease. On July 3, 1776, a day after independence was declared in Philadelphia, the Massachusetts General Court voted to allow inoculation. Despite the dangers of infection, the people of Boston and the surrounding areas cheered the news. Ezekiel Price, a court official and insurance broker, declared “Liberty is given for to inoculate for the small-pox; many begin upon it this afternoon.” Hannah Winthrop described the scene: “Boston has given up its Fears of an invasion & is busily employd in Communicating the Infection. Straw Beds & Cribs are daily Carted into the Town.” She wrote that “Men Women & children eagerly crowding to inoculate is I think as modish as running away from the Troops of a barbarous George was the last year.” Dr. James Warren wrote to John Adams that the “rage for inoculation” had “whirled me into its vortex.…” Warren and his wife Mercy Otis joined Abigail Adams and her four children who had been invited to be inoculated at Abigail’s uncle’s house in Boston along with Abigail’s sisters Elizabeth Cranch and Mary Shaw and their families. Even though Boston was teeming with the sick, the prospect that the city could conquer smallpox made it "a scene delightful indeed." Cotton Tufts was satisfied that he could now "take my leave of Earth, satisfied that the Day of American Redemption was at Hand."
Jake @ HUBhistory@hubhistory.com · last mo.

"I went with the multitude into King's Street to hear the proclamation for independence read and proclaimed. When Col. Crafts read from the balcony of the State House the Proclamation, great attention was given to every word. Thus ends royal authority in this State, and the people shall say Amen."

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Jake @ HUBhistory@hubhistory.com · last mo.

They don't think Amendment 14 says what it says, they don't think Matthew 25 says what it says... why are conservatives always looking for a loophole? The hierarchy of biblical importance I was raised with went 1. commandments 2. beatitudes 3. Matthew 25

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · last mo.

A debate over Matthew 25 has been brewing in Congress over the last year. It’s pitting mainline pastors, Black protestants and the pope against evangelical politicians put on the defensive amid outspoken religious criticisms of President Donald Trump’s policies. religionnews.com/2026/07/01/i...

Jake @ HUBhistory@hubhistory.com · last mo.

In this article (which I'm not linking to because it's garbage), $4000 concert tickets are a scandal. Book royalties to the tune of $1.2 million for Jackson and $1.5 million between two GOP justices are treated as normal. The name Clarence Thomas does not appear in this story.

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Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · last mo.

The bicentennial made such a tremendous impact on American *pop* culture--I remember the Barney Miller episode about it!--there were tricorner hats everywhere, hit songs, a movie, and the logo and local parades all year long. This year it feels as empty as the mall.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Peter Doocy claims "people are still coming out" to Trump's 250th fair -- even as the camera shot shows clearly behind him that almost nobody is there 😆