 In her chronicle "Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston", authored between 1822 and 1829, she both described and analyzed the events of the American Revolution, laying out some of the early groundwork for a political and theoretical understanding of its causes and achievements.It presented an ideological argument that combined political theory with tradition descriptive historical writing, with an appreciation of the significance of popular demonstrations and an egalitarian emphasis.For example, she located the sources for the Boston riots that protested the Stamp Act in the tradition of anti-Catholic parades, their ritual acts of violence and the burning of effigies.