This map, according to Edward Rowe Snow, a Massachusetts expert on colonial pirates, shows another island cache of pirate treasure. The problem is, he had no idea where the island is located. I would begin this quest by reading some of Snow’s works and see what information you can come  Read more »

The Old Boston Post Road, by Stephen Jenkins (1913). In the year 1673, the first mail upon the continent of America was dispatched from New York to Boston by way of small groups of houses huddled together for mutual protection. As settlements began to grow inland, roads became necessary to maintain communication. Several such roads  Read more »