Few, however, know historian, playwright, poetess, and scholar Mercy Otis Warren—and that’s a shame. Turning to Mercy on Thanksgiving is particularly appropriate, as she wrote with insight ...

In the years following the Boston Massacre, playwright Mercy Otis Warren wrote that "No previous outrage had given a general alarm, as the commotion on the fifth of March, 1770." Although the ...

In the years following the Boston Massacre, playwright Mercy Otis Warren wrote that "No previous outrage had given a general alarm, as the commotion on the fifth of March, 1770." Although the ...