Richard Frothingham (1812–1880)

American historian, born in Charlestown, MA, on the 31st of January 1812. For years he was proprietor, and from 1852 to 1865 managing editor, of the Boston Post. In 1839, 1840, 1842, 1849 and 1850 he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature, and from 1851 to 1853 was mayor of Charlestown. For several years he was treasurer of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He published History of Charlestown (1848); History of the Siege of Boston (1849); The Command of the Battle of Bunker Hill (1850); Life of General Joseph Warren (1865); Tribute to Thomas Starr King (1865); and Rise of the Republic (1871). He died on the 29th of January 1880.