Peter Mackintosh
Witness to the First TEA Party
At 16, he was an apprentice at a blacksmith shop. This is where the first TEA partiers went to rub ashes on their faces before going to the harbor to dump the tea.
Most of these look like they were taken after death. ;-)
cool. Where is Waldo? He was captured sir.
Different story today.
The comments are always something.
The DAILY Mail posts the photos and one commenter wants to know where are the black faces of the revolution.
And for anyone who might be wondering about how long some Revolutionary War soldiers survived, there is this from wikipedia:
John Gray (January 6, 1764 – March 29, 1868) was one of the candidates for last surviving U.S. veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was advertised as such by journalist James Dazell and as of 1876 was believed by the Pension Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior to be the last surviving veteran.
His claim to the "last surviving veteran" of the War depends primarily on the failure of his competitors Daniel F. Bakeman and George Fruits, who died a year, and several years, after him. Bakeman and Gray had been granted pensions, by special act of the U.S. Congress (on February 14, 1867, retroactive to June 1, 1866). The special act was required because the two had not previously applied for pensions or service land grants and Bakeman was unable to prove his service; Gray, while able to prove his service, had only served six months; Fruits had never had any pension.
A bunch of old dead white guys!
ping
Spencer’s account of the death of the officer differed markedly from that of Gen. Washington's; Spencer said the wounds of the officer had nearly healed when he caught a disease from a prostitute and this illness killed him, whereas Washington said he died of his wounds.Spencer’s pension was revoked soon after it was granted and for years he and his family lived in severe poverty. Eventually his pension was restored.
Sigh... Some things never change.
-PJ
Peter Mackintosh
Witness to the First TEA Party
At 16, he was an apprentice at a blacksmith shop. This is where the first TEA partiers went to rub ashes on their faces before going to the harbor to dump the tea.
To live to age 100 or older in those days must have been as astounding as someone who could live to age 150 today.
What would they have thought of Obama, Pelosi, Reid, McCain and Miss Lindsey?
Thanks VK, great photos and stories....from a Brit paper no less...
Ping!
Thanks for the great post, VermiciousKnid.
We get some pretty cool stuff...from the Brits. Sadly.
Thank you so much for posting this. Incredible. I loved how there were so many centenarians from the Revolutionary War.
PFL
It’s amazing that my great grandfather was alive at the same time as these men. I just goes to show how young a country we are.
Not to be missed pictures. Makes me sad to wonder what they’d think about the country today.