What’s here
In 1985 the historian for the town of Maynard, Ralph Sheridan, wrote an article about the Boston Post Cane’s history in Maynard. Ralph’s research extended to a number of towns in the area and he listed them all in his article.
In the mid-1990’s, as part of the Maynard Web site I reproduced Ralph’s article. Ever since then people have been sending us updates and inquiries on the Boston Post Cane and the page became an unofficial and rather accidental authority on the cane (on the web).
Barbara Staples wrote several books on the Boston Post Cane, and we use them as a reference when fielding questions — but we don’t reproduce her fine (and copyrighted) work of scholarship here.
I’ve been looking for a way to maintain the list of towns and news in a better fashion. The holders of the canes, by its very nature, change rather frequently. So I hope that this new format, using the Wordpress blogging software will make Maynard’s Boston Post Cane resources of value to everyone interested in the cane.
If you have a question about the Boston Post Cane that isn’t answered here (and please do look around first), feel free to send me an email and I will do my best to answer it promptly (no guarantees though!)
Thanks for reading.
Dave Griffin
President, Maynard Historical Society
Publisher, The Maynard Web
davebets@mac.com