Lowell Lecture
Lowell Lecture Series presented by the Paul Revere Memorial Association at Old South Meeting House -- "A certain sloop called the Liberty": Charles Townsend, John Hancock and the Boston Madeira Party
Date & Time
Sept. 5, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
William Fowler, Jr., Distinguished Professor of History, Northeastern University
Presenting Organization
Paul Revere Memorial Association
Topics
Contact
Patrick M. Leehey (pat@paulreverehouse.org, 617-523-2338)
"A certain sloop called the Liberty": Charles Townsend, John Hancock and the Boston Madeira Party On June 10, 1768 the King's Commissioners of Customs, seized John Hancock’s sloop Liberty and its smuggled cargo of Madeira wine. Already agitated by the imposition of the hated Townsend Duties, Bostonians took to the streets. William Fowler, Jr., Distinguished Professor of History, Northeastern University, will describe how the Commissioners, fearing for their lives, fled to the safety of Castle William, while John Adams argued his case in defense of Hancock and Liberty at the Old State House.