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Early in the morning on this day 250 years ago on Dorchester Neck (then adjacent to Boston and now in South Boston), a contingent of about 500 men of the British Army conducted a raid across the frozen bay to try and capture the 60 men of the Continental Army stationed on the Neck. The…
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On this day 250 years ago in Hartford, the Connecticut Committee of the Pay Table ordered Pantry Jones and Joseph Pratt to be paid 2 pounds, 5 shillings “for two horses Waggon to Transport the Cognowago Indians from Hartford to Providence”. The Kahnawake Indians were probably led by Akiatonharónkwen or Louis Cook, a Kahnawake chief…
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On this day 250 years ago in Savannah, Georgia, Royal Governor Sir James Wright fled the Executive Mansion to the safety of the HMS Scarborough anchored at the mouth of the Savannah River. The Georgia Provincial Congress would record in its Journal: Governor Wright observed his parole of honor for a time, but after nearly…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington wrote to the Massachusetts General Court to request badly-needed arms for the Continental Army besieging Boston: Notwithstanding I have taken every method my Judgement could Suggest to procure a Sufficient Number of Firelocks for the Soldiers of this Army, by…
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On this day 250 years ago, Irish immigrant John Fitzgerald of Alexandria was commissioned a captain of the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. Source: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/john-fitzgerald Also on this day 250 years ago, Wilmington, North Carolina was evacuated because of concerns about attack by a British fleet. Source: Nash at 166
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On this day 250 years ago in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, six men including John Allan (who probably wrote it) signed a petition to General Washington: The Inhabitants of Nova scotia & in perticular those of the County of Cumberland have been under the Greatest A[n]xiety and Apprehension ever since the Great Contest subsisting between…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, “A petition of Pierre Le Fargue was referred to the Secret Committee” of the Continental Congress. Delegate Richard Smith of New Jersey recorded in his diary a few more details about the cryptic petition: A Frenchman who had brought into this Port Ammunition now requested Leave to…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Continental Congress Delegate William Hooper wrote Samuel Johnston, President of the Third Provincial Congress and head of the North Carolina Provincial Council (in effect the Governor of North Carolina in everything but name) that British General Clinton is at New York in the Mercury of 26 Guns…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Dunlap’s Pennsylvania Packet or, the General Advetiser published an Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the West-Indies to his friend in Falmouth, Casco-Bay. We are anxious—very anxious, to hear from you.—Don’t think because we know little, we care little about you; for though you have…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Virginia Delegate Thomas Nelson, Jr. wrote to his fellow Delegate Thomas Jefferson with news about the war. Jefferson had returned to Virginia from Congress to care for his ailing wife: A Vessel arriv’d two nights ago with 60 Tons of Salt Petre, 13 Tons of Gunpowder and…
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