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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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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress for Independence from Great Britain: Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress named the first thirteen ships of the Continental Navy as the Congress, Randolph, Hancock, Washington, Trumbull, Raleigh, Hifingham, Montgomery, Warren, Boston, Virginia, Providence, and Delaware. The Congress also named “sundry gentlemen for captains and subaltern officers for the ships building or built for the…
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On this day 250 years in the Town of Wrentham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, the “general Town-Meeting of the Freeholders, and other inhabitants of this Town” instructed its delegates to the Massachusetts Assembly: Letters by divers ill-minded persons have been written against the Government, in consequence of which divers acts of the British Parliament have been made, mutilating…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, John Adams wrote to Col. Hugh Hughes of New York regarding a proposed constitution for New York that would create a Governor and Councillors for Life or during good Behaviour[.] I should dread Such a Constitution, in these perilous Times, because however wise and brave, and virtuous…
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