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On this day 250 years ago at this headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General Washington ordered It being a matter of too much importance, to intrust the Wounds and Lives of Officers, and Soldiers, to unskilful Surgeons; The General requests the Director General, and the Surgeons of the Hospital, taking also to their assistance, such Regimental…
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On this day 250 years ago in Watertown, Massachusetts, Col. Joseph Palmer of the Massachusetts Militia wrote to his friend John Adams in the Continental Congress: I heartily thank you for your present of common Sense; it is very welcom, and I believe no person was ever more eagerly read, nor more generally approved: People…
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On this day 250 years ago at the Continental Army headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brig. Gen. Horatio Gates, who had himself immigrated to America from England, wrote to Benjamin Franklin recommending an officer who claimed to have fled the Tyrannical treatment he has received from The King Prussia: may he enjoy in This Land of…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress debated a letter from General Washington requesting that Congress authorize a bounty for soldiers who would enlist for the duration of the War. Congressman James Duane of New York noted that the Congress was concerned that it was “Dangerous to have standing army”. He…
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On this day 250 years ago at their home in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia: No event of any importance upon either side excepting the burning of some houses by the Enemy upon Dorchester Neck has taken place since you left…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington wrote this letter to Joseph Johnson, a Mohegan missionary who was traveling to New York to live among the Iroquois: I am very much pleased to find by the Strong recommendations you produce, that we have amongst our Brothers of the Six Nations a…
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On this day 250 years ago, 300 militiamen from Essex County, New Jersey under the command of Capt. John Blanchard raided Staten Island, New York to stop raids by British ships. Source: https://www.westjerseyhistory.org/books/battlesmunn/partfive.shtml; In the early hours of this day 250 years ago, according to one source, British General Donald MacDonald led the 1600 men…
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[editorial note — I erroneously posted today’s blog on February 16, 2026, but I have deleted it from that day to repost today. ] On this day 250 years ago, British General Donald MacDonald led his Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment of 1600 men out of the town of Cross Creek (now Fayetteville), North Carolina. MacDonald…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts General Washington issued the following Order: The Congress have been pleased to appoint Joseph Fry Esqr. a Brigadier General in the Continental Army; he is to be obeyed as such and his Excellency the General orders that he shall take the command of the vacant Brigade…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General Washington held a Council of War with the generals under his command to determine whether the Continental Army should launch an assault to take Boston. The Council of War: Resolved that an Assault on the Town of Boston in the present circumstances…
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