Colonial Fire Tally: Genealogy Records Saved, Wines & Liquors Lost
By Thomas Jay Kemp on October 11, 2012
On 13 December 1747 a “most terrible Fire” broke out in Boston, MA. It was just after six o’clock in the morning when the “Watch” spotted the flames at the Court House. The building was a total loss: the “spacious and beautiful Building, except the bare Walls, was entirely destroyed.” It was an intense... (Read More)
