On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Congressman Francis Lightfoot Lee of Virginia replied to a letter from Landon Carter questioning whether the Congress was debating a declaration of independence from Great Britain:

Who in the name of Heaven, could tell you, that Independency had been 3 times thrown out of Congress? You may be assured, the Question has never been before the Congress, and it is probable they will wait till the people brings it before them; which event is not far off, from the best accounts, from the different parts of the Continent; for your information, with respect to the disposition of the northern people is as erroneous as the other. Of this I am very confident, having made it my business to be informed. It is not improbable but that even the Colony of N. York will step foremost in this great Question.

Source: https://americanfounding.org/entries/second-continental-congress-april-9-1776/

On this day 250 years ago in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Capt. Samuel Tucker of the American ship Franklin handed over to the Marblehead Committee of Correspondence a sergeant and twelve privates of the British 4th Regiment plus nine Loyalists prisoners. These men had been captured on April 2 when the Hancock commanded by Commodore John Manley, the Lee commanded by Capt. Daniel Waters, and the Lynch commanded by Capt. John Ayres captured the brigantine HMS Elizabeth as it straggled behind the British fleet that evacuated Boston.

Source: https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%22%209%20April%201776%22%20&s=1111311111&sa=&r=3&sr=

On this day 250 years ago in Connecticut, General George Washington and his staff departed Norwich where he met with Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. at the home of either General Jabez Huntington or Col. Jedediah Huntington [note — the sources I referenced disagree]. That day Washington and his staff traveled to New London, where he met with Commodore Esek Hopkins and stayed at the home of Nathaniel Shaw, Jr.

Jabez Huntington would become the Major General in command of the Connecticut Militia until 1779 when he retired due to ill health. Jedediah Huntington would become a brigadier general in the Continental Army serving until the end of the War in 1783. Nathaniel Shaw served as the Naval Agent of Connecticut for the duration of the War.

The home of Jedediah Huntington is still standing in Norwich, and you can visit the Shaw Mansion in New London.

Sources: Johnston, Elizabeth Bryant, George Washington day by day,
New Yor: The Cycle Publishing Company (1895) at p. 53 accessed at https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.georgewashington00joh/?sp=87&st=image&r=-0.793,0.076,2.587,1.32,0; https://www.edwardglengel.com/blog/the-ride-from-boston-to-new-york-april-1776-george-washington-250; https://collections.dartmouth.edu/archive/text/occom/ctx/personography/pers0479.ocp.html;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabez_Huntington_(colonist); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Huntington; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen._Jedidiah_Huntington_House; https://www.nlchs.org/