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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington reported to John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress that It is with the greatest pleasure I inform you that on Sunday last the 17th. Instant, about 9th O’Clock in the forenoon the Ministerial Army evacuated the Town of Boston,…
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On this day 250 years ago in Massachusetts, General George Washington entered Boston to inspect the condition of the city. Washington was immune to the smallpox so he entered the city with few staff and guards as the rest had not yet contracted the disease. He joined the initial contingent of 500 men under Maj.…
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On this day 250 years ago the British Army evacuated Boston. Including Loyalist families as well as British soldiers, 11,000 people boarded 120 ships in Boston Harbor that morning. Major General Artemis Ward of Massachusetts, second in command to General Washington, led 500 men of the Continental Army who were immune to smallpox into Boston. Because…
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On this day 250 years ago in Braintree, Massachusetts, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John: there has been some movements amongst the Ministerial Troops as if they meant to evacuate the Town of Boston. Between 70 and 80 vessels of various sizes are gone down and lay in a row in fair sight of…
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On this day 250 years ago off the coast of South Carolina, the HMS Syren, a frigate with 28 guns and 160 men, captured an American brig (a smaller vessel) transporting an artillery company from Pennsylvania to Charlestown. The British captured a captain and 78 men but I have not identified their names or their…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress Resolved, That it be recommended to the several assemblies, conventions, and councils or committees of safety of the United Colonies, immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective colonies, who are notoriously disaffected to the cause of America, or who have…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington issued Orders in anticipation of the British evacuation of Boston: The Riffle Regiment under the command of Lieut. Col. Hand, and the three riffle Companies under the command of Capt. Stephenson, are to be ready to march to morrow morning…
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On this day 250 years ago in New York, Reverend Samuel Kirkland wrote General Philip Schuyler regarding a meeting with the Onondagas and Cayugas. The Oneidas, in this affair, manifested an unshaken friendship for the Colonies, and a firm attachment to the Council-fire at Albany. Many of the Indians have observed to me, that they…
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On this day 250 years ago at Cambridge, Massachusetts, General Washington issued General Orders creating the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard: The General being desirous of selecting a particular number of men, as a Guard for himself, and baggage, The Colonel, or commanding Officer, of each of the established Regiments, (the Artillery and Riffle-men excepted) will furnish him with…
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On this day 250 years ago, in North Carolina, an officer and eleven men of HMS Cruizer went ashore to destroy Fort Johnston, but they were driven back by Patriot forces commanded by Capt. Alfred Moore probably reinforced by a small detachment of the Brunswick County Regiment of Militia. There were no reported losses on…
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