In Search of Westport’s Revolutionary War soldiers
Are you a descendant of a Revolutionary War soldier from Westport? This year Westport Historical Society embarks on a year […]
Westport Revolutionary Stories
A tax on “those people called Quakers”
Beginning in 1780, the Militia Act (St. 1780, Ch. 21) allowed Quakers to be exempt from military service in the […]
A Letter to Samuel Adams from the Town of Dartmouth (at that time including Westport!)
Have you been watching Ken Burn’s documentary on the American Revolution? Has this sparked curiosity about how Westport responded to […]
Two Rivers of Resistance
Two Rivers of Resistance By David C. Cole[1] During the Revolutionary War the South Coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode […]
The Buildout at Westport Point in the 1770s by David C. Cole and Richard Gifford
Until the 1770s, Paquachuck Point (now known as Westport Point or The Point) was little more than open pasture. It […]