Talk:James Lovell (politician)

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I've preserved most of the facts from the previous, shorter version of this aricle. However, I left out References. It contained the following undder that label:

Jones, Helen F. James Lovell in the Continental Congress 1777-1782. Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1968.

I'm fairly certain that User:Wolfman copied this from the U.S. Congress page, which was the source for his entry. I haven't read it, but did have a friend look it up. Based on his review (it's pretty bad, and almost unreadable), I decided not to repeat it. Lou I 13:23, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

There may be an error on this page. The article says that Lovell as arrested as part of Howe's round-up of patriots in the city of Boston. But, Lovell was actually in prison while Gage was still commander-in-chief. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.104.76 (talk) 12:19, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the initial S from the name of James Lovell's son who was a Revolutionary soldier. James Lovell had two sons named James. The elder, born in 1858 in Cambridge was son of Susannah Hastings (in whose father's house James had been boarding while teaching to Cambridge Latin School) to whom James Lovell was not married. After James Lovell married Mary Middleton in 1860 he had a second son Jame Smith Lovell. It was the elder son who joined the Continental Army early in 1777, went to South Carolina with General Harry Lee, and settled there after the war. James S Lovell remained in Boston, marrying Deborah Gorham in 1786 and Helen Sheaffe in 1793. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.126.204.214 (talk) 02:47, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

January 28, 2015: I made changes to the article. I corrected the error referenced above, noting a source providing information that James Lovell was in jail in Boston at the time of General Howe's evacuation of Boston in March, 1775. I added four references as well as an external link, based on research I have done about James Lovell. The information in the paragraph above, regarding the two sons James had both named James, is correct. I corrected the spelling of Helena Sheaffe's name and General Harry Lee's name. (JO)

Disputing unsourced Founding Fathers claim[edit]

@User:Randy Kryn: James Lovell is considered a Founding Father by whom? Since you didn't add a citation, we have no way of telling. So please apply one so we can determine whether reliable sources consider him a founder. This page is one 50 or so where you added this title without providing a citation. According to WP:VER, "Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed." Thank you. Allreet (talk) 01:25, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]