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On this day 250 years ago in Watertown, the Massachusetts General Assembly passed a resolution to pay Mary Hubbard of Worcester the wages earned by her husband Capt. Jonas Hubbard who was killed during the assault on Quebec on December 31, 1775. We should remember the sacrifices of the families of the men who gave…
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On this day 250 years ago in Norwich, Connecticut, John Wampee of the Tunxis tribe of Connecticut signed on the row galley Shark of the Connecticut State Navy. Wampee had fought at Bunker Hill and he would serve on the Shark as it deployed to the New York and fought with other American ships against Royal Navy…
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On this day 250 years ago in Exeter, the New Hampshire House of Representatives unanimously instructs New Hampshire’s delegates to the Second Continental Congress to vote for Independence. Source:
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On this day 250 years ago in Williamsburg, the Virginia Gazette published the “Address and Instructions of the Freeholders of” Buckingham County to their delegates to the Virginia Convention. The Address included: Actuated by a warm and sincere regard for the interests and rights of mankind, and a deep sense of our present situation, we wish…
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On this day 250 years ago at Fort Chambly in Canada, Lt. Col. Edward Antill of the 2nd Canadian Regiment reported to Brig. Gen. John Sullivan, commander of the Continental Army in Canada after the death of Maj. Gen. Thomas, that he had executed his orders to survey “the scattered situation of our men, for…
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On this day 250 years ago at Fort Ticonderoga, New York, the following order was issued: One woman from each company of each of the Pennsylvania battalions, now at this post, to be drafted as soon as possible and sent to the general hospital at Fort George, to nurse the sick. They will have the…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress appointed the members of the Committee of Five to draft Declaration of Independence. They were: John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert R. Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. At John Adams’ suggestion, the members of the Committee decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. Sources: Vol. V, Journals…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress postponed debate on Richard Henry Lee’s resolution for Independence for three weeks to July1, and resolved that a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution, which is in these words: ‘‘That these United Colonies are, and…
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On this day 250 years ago in Montreal, Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold and his command of 300 Continental soldiers abandoned Montreal and retreated to St. John’s joining the rest of the Continental Army retreating from Canada. Arnold carried shipbuilding tools and lumber with him to construct a fleet on Lake Champlain. Source: https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/june-1776/ On this…
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On this day 250 years ago at Trois-Rivieres (Three Rivers) in the Quebec Province of Canada, a force of 2,000 Continentals under General William Thompson attempted in the early morning hours before daylight to attack the British position. The Americans were betrayed by their Canadian guide and led into a swamp where they were pinned…
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