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Richard Frothingham
1812–1880
A 19th-century historian, journalist, and public figure from Massachusetts, he is best remembered for writing about the American Revolution and the early history of Boston-area communities.
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The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill
by Richard Frothingham
About the author
Born on January 31, 1812, Richard Frothingham Jr. was an American historian, journalist, and politician closely associated with Charlestown, Massachusetts. He served as a proprietor and managing editor of The Boston Post, took part in state politics, and became the second mayor of Charlestown.
As a writer, he focused on New England history and the Revolutionary era. His best-known works include History of the Siege of Boston and The Rise of the Republic of the United States, books that helped preserve local and national history for later readers.
Frothingham died on January 29, 1880. He is remembered as one of those 19th-century authors whose journalism, civic work, and historical writing all fed into the same larger project: recording how the United States came to be.