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On this day 250 years ago in Providence, Nicholas Cooke, the Governor of Rhode Island, wrote to General Washington that the Rhode Island Assembly took into Possession the Estates of several of the most active Tories, and also passed an Act making it Death and Confiscation of Estate to supply the Enemy’s Navy, or Army,…
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On this day 250 years ago, Reverend Ezra Stiles of Newport, Rhode Island recorded in his diary that he had met in Wrentham, Massachusetts with William Goddard, the Printer & now Surveyor General of the Post office in America, & very much acquainted with . . . the Characters in the Continental Congress . ..…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress approved trade with the Iroquois Confederacy in an effort to prevent the Iroquois from allying with the British. Specifically the Congress resolved: that the Indians be assured that this Congress are pleased with their desire, that the trade should be opened as formerly at…
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On this day 250 years ago at Fort Ticonderoga, New York, Major General Philip Schuyler reported to General Washington that Colonel Benedict Arnold had reached Quebec: I have the Happiness My Dear General to inclose You a Letter from Colo: Arnold, & a Copy of one of his to General Montgomery, with Copy of that…
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On this day 250 years ago in South Carolina, the first Siege of Ninety Six ended after three days in a truce between the Patriots and the Loyalists. The Patriots were almost out of ammunition and were outnumbered by the Loyalists, so they Loyalists would have won the battle had they continued the siege. Although…
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On this day 250 years ago from Point aux Trembles, Quebec, Col. Benedict Arnold reported to General Washington that on November 14 he and his men had crossed the St Lawrance without Obstruction, except from a Barge, on which we fired & killed three Men, but as the Enemy were apprised of our coming, and…
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On this day 250 years ago, or maybe the next day, November 20, 1775, Dr. John Connolly, Lt. Allen Cameron and Dr. John Smyth were arrested in Hagerstown, Maryland for plotting to raise an army of Indians and Loyalists to march from Pittsburgh to Alexandria, Virginia. There they planned to meet Governor Dunmore’s flotilla and…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin wrote to the Lancaster County Committee on behalf of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety regarding public arms in the County: We have considered your respectful answer to our application for the public Arms in the County of Lancaster, and are fully satisfied with the reasons you…
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On this day 250 years ago, Henry Knox left Cambridge, Massachusetts. to head to Fort Ticonderoga under orders of General Washington. On that same day in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress commissioned Knox as a Colonel in the Continental Army. Sources: https://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/henry-knox-begins-the-knox-expedition.html; https://allthingsliberty.com/2019/02/henry-knoxs-noble-train-of-artillery-no-ox-for-knox/ Also on this day 250 years ago, the initial two ships of the…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington ordered Henry Knox immediately to examine into the state of the Artillery of this army & take an account of the Cannon, Mortars, Shels, Lead & ammunition that are wanting; When you have done that, you are to proceed in the…
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