Sarah Bradlee Fulton

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Sarah Bradlee Fulton (born December 24, 1740 in Dorchester , Massachusetts Bay Colony , † November 9, 1835 in Medford , Massachusetts ) was an active participant in the American Revolutionary War and is known as the co-initiator of the Boston Tea Party and Mother of the Boston Tea Party .

Life

Sarah Bradlee was born on December 24, 1740 in Dorchester, now a district of Boston , to Samuel Bradlee and Mary Bradlee, née Andrus. She was the fourth daughter of the couple's twelve children and came from one of the families that make up the Boston Brahmins . Her brother was Nathaniel Bradlee, one of the "Indians" of the Boston Tea Party.

Sarah Bradlee married John Fulton on July 25, 1762 and moved to Medford with him ten years after the marriage in 1772. Both were patriotic and faced the awakening resistance against the colonial power of Great Britain . Sarah often visited her brother Nathaniel Bradlee in Boston. Nathaniel Bradlee was a carpenter and his workshop, like the house, became a meeting place for other patriotic men who called themselves Sons of Liberty . In December 1773, shortly after the Tea Act was introduced by the British government, the Sons of Liberty met there . Sarah Fulton had the idea that men should dress up as Mohawk Indians . She and her sister-in-law helped disguise the men, put red make-up on their faces and dressed them in Indian costumes. Then the men, led by Samuel Adams , John Adams ' cousin , threw the tea load from the three ships that had arrived in the harbor basin in Boston. Later, the women helped the men take off their disguise.

When the Battle of Bunker Hill took place not far from where she lived in 1775 , Sarah Fulton and other local women helped care for the injured. Since there weren't enough doctors, the women also operated. Fulton removed bullets and treated wounds.

When the British troops besieged Boston, they crossed the Charles River to get fuel and wood in Medford. The Fultons knew that a shipment of wood was being stored in Cambridge for the American troops and Sarah Fulton sent her husband John to buy it in the hope that the British would respect property rights. However, the British confiscated the cargo. Sarah followed them, allegedly seizing the ox's horns and leading the team away. The British threatened to shoot them, they asked them to "shoot past". This amazed the British so much that they let Sarah go.

In March 1776, Major John Brooks had an urgent message for General George Washington . He asked John Fulton to deliver the news. However, unable to do so, Sarah Fulton took on the task. She crossed enemy lines, rowed across the Charles River at Charlestown, and delivered the news to Washington. Successful in her mission, she returned home one day later. George Washington later visited the Fultons and thanked Sarah Fulton for her dedication.

Sarah Fulton was a leading member of the Daughters of Liberty , a group of 92 women from the colonies who rebelled against the UK tax system by boycotting the purchase of British goods after the Townshend Acts were passed .

Sarah and John Fulton had six children. Sarah Bradlee Fulton died at her home in Medford on November 9, 1835, aged 94. Her grave is on Salem Street Burying Ground in Medford.

Aftermath

A play by Grace Jewett Austin was released in 1919.

Fulton Street in Medford was named after Sarah Fulton.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields . ABC-CLIO, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59884-443-6 , p. 234 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ^ A Brief History of the Boston Brahmin - New England Historical Society. In: newenglandhistoricalsociety.com. Retrieved June 2, 2018 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b c Sarah Bradlee Fulton - . ( bostonteapartyship.com ).
  4. ^ A b Daughters of Liberty- Sarah Fulton. In: prezi.com. Retrieved June 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ http://freedomsway.org/womens-history-month-sarah-bradlee-fulton/. In: freedomsway.org. Retrieved June 2, 2018 .
  6. ^ Sarah Bradlee Fulton, patriot: a colonial drama in three acts / by Grace Jewett Austin. Bloomington, Ill .: [GJ Austin], 1919.
  7. ^ A Quiet Country Town: 18th Century Medford - Medford Historical Society & Museum . In: Medford Historical Society & Museum . ( medfordhistorical.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Fulton, Sarah Bradlee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Participant in the American Revolutionary War
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester , Massachusetts Bay Colony
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1835
Place of death Medford , Massachusetts