Revolution 250 Podcast

Isaiah Thomas, Patriot Printer

April 06, 2021 James D. Moran Season 2 Episode 14
Revolution 250 Podcast
Isaiah Thomas, Patriot Printer
Show Notes

James D. Moran, vice president for programs and outreach at the American Antiquarian Society joins us to talk about the amazing life and career of tsaiah Thomas  (1749-1831), publisher of the Massachusetts Spy,  and a leader in the Sons of Liberty, and founder of the American Antiquarian Society.   Find out how Thomas stole his printing press out of Boston on April 16, 1775, and then published his account of the battles of Lexington and Concord (he was a witness to the fighting in Lexington)  in Worcester on May 3.  Thomas:  Patriot Printer