Editorial History Posts Women's Suffrage
August 19, 2020

Remember the Ladies: Woman’s Suffrage and the Black Holes of Local History

“Remember the Ladies” Abigail Adams implored her husband John in a letter from March 31, 1776. Her letter advocated that in the new Republic women be given more rights than they had been under English law. She went on to say, “be more generous and favorable to them [the Ladies] than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.” Whether she argued for women to be given the right to vote or not is a matter of much scholarly debate. However, this letter does make Abigail Adams one of the first women to advocate for women’s rights in Quincy history. She would not be the last.”

History Posts Quincy Granite
June 24, 2020

Solomon Willard: The Enigmatic Man Behind the Monument

“Willard and his work can seem a series of technical achievements by a remote figure. But Willard is worth another look. A main source of information is “Memoir of Solomon Willard”, an 1865 biography by William Wheildon, … . Wheildon provides enough detail about the man to tease out a picture of his personality and of the quite complicated story of his dedication to the Bunker Hill Monument.”

The Society
May 26, 2020

Quincy Historical Society in 1893 and Today

“The Historical Society remains committed to telling Quincy’s history in new ways and also to telling new parts of Quincy’s history. For all the work that has been done, there are great sections of Quincy history still to be preserved and to be told.”

History Posts
April 28, 2020

Sacco and Vanzetti at 100: The Quincy Connections – Introduction

“For nearly all of the 100 years since 1920, the [Sacco and Vanzetti] case and its two principal figures have been objects of world-wide fame and controversy, the stuff of legend and fierce emotions. … Yet, for all its international attention and accumulated symbolic significance, the Sacco-Vanzetti case is in many respects a deeply local story.”