On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress formed a “secret committee” with the primary mission of obtaining arms and ammunition for the Continental Army.
Source: “Editorial Note on the Secret Committee, 18 September 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-22-02-0127. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 22, March 23, 1775, through October 27, 1776, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London:: Yale University Press, 1982, pp. 204–205.]
On this day 250 years ago off Sullivan’s Island South Carolina, a detachment of South Carolina soldiers from Fort Moultrie captured a small vessel taking supplies from Charlestown to two British ships at anchor in the Harbor. They seized 21 casks of water, one case and two bottles of liquor, and some brown sugar. In response to this seizure and the capture ofFort Johnson, the British warships HMS Tamar and Scorpion began a blockade of Charlestown harbor.
On This Day In The Revolution 