Boston Brahmin

Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP Colonial Boston – The Boston Common in 1768 The Boston Brahmin or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. [1] They form an integral part of the historic core of the East Coast establishment, along with other wealthy families of Philadelphia and New York City. [2] They are often associated with the distinctive Boston Brahmin accent, Harvard University, Anglicanism and traditional Anglo-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists, such as those who came to America on the Mayflower or the Arbella , are often considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. [3] The term was coined by the physician and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in an 1860 article in the Atlantic Monthly . [4] The term Brahmin refers to the highest ranking caste of people in the traditional Hindu caste system in India. In the United States, it has been applied to the old, wealthy New England families of...