* According to Webster, a beau or lover.

* “Fever accompanying wasting diseases, esp. tuberculosis,” according to Webster.

* After Richard Draper’s death in 1774, his widow Margaret continued as publisher.

* July 2 was the day Congress actually voted for Independence.

* “The disobedience and impertinence of your older son, who does his best to corrupt his well-behaved brother … can no longer be tolerated, as he endeavors by his bad behaviour to bring upon himself the punishment he deserves, in the hope of leaving school, as a result.”

* After November 11, 1786, John Temple, a native of Massachusetts, claimed succession to the baronetcy of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, England, and the couple called themselves “Sir” John and “Lady” Temple.

* Braintree was renamed Quincy in 1791.

* The temporary home of the government, owing to the epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia.