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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress Resolved, That the several provincial Assemblies or Conventions, and councils or committees of safety, arrest and secure every person in their respective colonies, whose going at large may endanger the safety of the colony, or the liberties of America Source: https://americanfounding.org/entries/second-continental-congress-october-6-1775/ Also on that…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General Washington informed the Continental Congress that “I have directed 3 Vessels to be equipped in order to cut off the Supplies, & from the Number of Vessels hourly arriving it may become an Object of some Importance.” On that same day, the Continental Congress received…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington convened a Council of War of all the generals serving in the siege of Boston to interrogate Dr. Benjamin Church: The General communicated to the Board a Discovery of a Correspondence carried on with the Enemy by Dr Church by…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General Washington received a deciphered copy of the coded message that Dr. Benjamin Church had attempted to deliver to the British in Boston. The letter showed that Church was reporting to the British the troop strength of the Continental Army in New York and other intelligence.…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Committee on Trade submitted a report to the Continental Congress recommending that the Congress encourage immigration from Ireland and trade with Ireland: As the Cessation of the American Trade with Ireland originated in Policy dictated by Principles of self Preservation and may be attended with Distress…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson returned to take his seat in the Continental Congress. Source: https://www.loc.gov/collections/thomas-jefferson-papers/articles-and-essays/the-thomas-jefferson-papers-timeline-1743-to-1827/1774-to-1783/ On this day 250 years ago, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Lt. Col. Loammi Baldwin wrote to General Washington that a party of Continentals had crossed to Noddles Island in a skiff to capture a horse…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lt. Col. William Tudor, the Judge Advocate General of the Continental Army, wrote to his former boss, John Adams to update Adams on the state of the siege of Boston. The entire letter is worth reviewing but the big news of the day was the final…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety submitted a report to the Pennsylvania Assembly prompted by a meeting two days earlier of the soldiers who had volunteered for the Pennsylvania Association (Pennsylvania’s militia): The Military Association entered into by Numbers of the good People of this Province, has received…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Oneida chief Skenandoah accompanied by Rev. Samuel Kirkland, visited General Washington’s headquarters and inspected the Continental Army. Washington reported that He has come on a Visit to the Camp principally to satisfy his Curiosity: But as his Tribe has been very friendly to the Cause…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Secret Committee of the Continental Congress entered into a contract with Thos. Willing & Robert Morris & Co. to with the utmost speed & secrecy send a ship or vessel to some part of Europe & there purchase at the cheapest rate they can a thousand…
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