On this day in Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina’s Provincial Congress authorized the issuance of £1,000,000 in paper currency for military defense of the province. The Provincial Congress also appointed thirteen new members to the Council of Safety, with power to govern the province in lieu of royal authority.
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On this day 250 years ago, Rhode Island General Nathaniel Greene established his headquarters, and Hitchcock’s and Church’s Regiments from Rhode Island arrived, to join the New England Army in the Siege of Boston.
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Late at night the previous day or early in the morning on this day 250 years ago in Williamsburg, Virginia, a company of teenagers led by fourteen-year old Henry W. Nicholson broke into the Powder Magazine to seize muskets. The door to the Magazine was booby-trapped with a spring-gun that fired grape shot when the boys forced the door seriously injuring two or three of the boys. The people of Williamsburg were outraged and demanded retribution from Governor Dunmore for booby-trapping the door. Henry Nicholson would join the Continental Army and serve until 1782.
Sources: https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/historic-area/historic-places/magazine/the-gunpowder-incident/; https://podcast.history.org/2006/09/11/weapons-and-militia-in-18th-century-williamsburg/; https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nicholson-3223
Today, June 4, 2025, at 11:00 am, Colonial Williamsburg will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Spring Gun Affair at the Powder Magazine. https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/events/under-arms-the-spring-gun-affair/
On This Day In The Revolution 