Starting from Scratch: How 400 Survivors created the City on a Hill
When:
Monday, Sep 22, 2014 7:00p -
9:00p
Monday, Sep 22, 2014 7:00p -
9:00p
Where:
Old State House Museum
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, r/BostonSocialClub
Event website:
http://bcd2014monday.eventbrite.com
When the Puritans reached Massachusetts in 1630, nothing went according to plan. There was no flourishing plantation awaiting them in Salem as expected – just disease and starvation, so they had to find a different destination further south. In Boston, everything from inadequate shelter to scurvy to a frozen harbor conspired against these settlers, and half of the original 800 arrivals perished or fled.
For the remaining 400 Puritans: after merely surviving, then what?
The task of building a society and a working economy from scratch was daunting and slow. In this multifaceted event, we’ll see and hear about the challenges the Puritans faced upon arrival in Boston. We will explore some archaeological findings relevant to daily life and work during Boston's first hardscrabble decades after 1630.
The event is free but an RSVP is required at http://bcd2014monday.eventbrite.com
Presenters:
Bob Allison, Professor of History, Suffolk University
Joe Bagley, City of Boston Archaeologist
Moderator:
Nat Sheidley, Director of Public History, The Bostonian Society
About Boston Charter Day:
Each year, The Partnership of the Historic Bostons commemorates the naming of Boston, Dorchester, and Watertown on September 7, 1630 and holds a series of free events to teach the public about early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The theme for 2014 is Survival: Boston 1630. For a full list of all the events please visit www.historicbostons.org.
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