PATH I (Spring 2000)

The Boston Massacre

In the spring of 2000, our class studied the Boston Massacre. To investigate sources of the history of the Boston Massacre, we visited:

the Massachusetts Historical Society, for the Adams family papers and other documents;the Gutman Education Library at Harvard, for school textbooks; the Massachusetts State Archives, for Paul Revere's engraving; and Judge Hiller Zobel, who wrote the authoritative work on the subject Boston Massacre.To read in detail about how this theme was used during PATH I, click here.

Civil War Soldiers in Beverly

Another theme we employed in our first PATH program was the Civil War in Beverly, Massachusetts.   Specifically, we would focus on enhancing the documentary heritage of Civil War history in Beverly by linking census records to regiment lists.  This would allow us to know more about each soldier, including whether he owned property, his occupation, etc.  We visited the following places: the Beverly Public Library, to discover what is known so far about Beverly Civil War soldiers.the Center for Lowell History, to read letters, journals, and other documents from Civil War soldiers. the National Archives in Waltham, to use census microfilm from 1860.To read in detail about how this theme was used during PATH I, click here.

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