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On this day 250 years ago in New Jersey, the freeholders of Somerset County formed Committees of Inspection for each township within the county and for the county itself. Another county in America established its own government independent of British rule. Source: https://kevinsrevolutionarywarchronology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bc087-newjerseyamericanrevolutionchronologydennisryan.pdf On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Committee of…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress authorized the first medical department for the Army consisting of One Director general and chief physician, Four surgeons, per diem each, one and one third of a dollar, One apothecary, Twenty mates, One clerk, Two storekeepers, One nurse to every 10 sick, Laborers occasionally.…
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On this day 250 years ago in Boston, General Gage dispatched three Men-of-War and six transports to raid Block Island, Fisher’s Island, Gardiner’s Island, and Plumb Island in Long Island Sound in order to seize livestock to feed the British troops besieged in Boston. Source: https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/siege-of-boston/ On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the…
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On this day 250 years ago at the home of Joseph Kershaw (an immigrant from England) in Camden, South Carolina, a delegation from the Catawba Indians responded to the letter from South Carolina Councilman William Henty Drayton asking for their help against “the Redcoats” should there be war. The Catawba pledged their support for the…
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On this day 250 years ago in Charles Town, the South Carolina Council of Safety armed the sloop Commerce as the first ship of the South Carolina Navy and commissioned Clement Lempriere as its captain. His initial orders were “to procure Gunpowder for the Public of this Colony” and included “sealed . . . Orders not to…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington wrote to Brigadier General John Thomas imploring him not to resign after Congress named other generals with less competence and experience as senior to Thomas. The lengthy letter began: The Retirement of a general Officer, possessing the Confidence of his Country & the…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Captain Joshua Davis reported to General Washington that Pursuant to your Excellency’s Orders I herein Render an Account of such necessarys as will be wanting to Compleat One hundred Whale Boats for the Service—As Also for keeping Said Boats in good repair. Davis recommended that Washington’s…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin introduced in the Continental Congress a proposal for “Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union” for “the United Colonies of North America.” Franklin proposed that the United Colonies enter into a firm League of Friendship with each other, binding on themselves and their Posterity, for their…
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On this day 250 years ago in New York City, Sons of Liberty led by Captain Marinus Willet captured the Turtle Bay Depot after sailing on a sloop through the Hell Gate from Greenwich, Connecticut. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Turtle_Bay_Depot; Lowenthal at 18. And on this day all across America, the people were observing a “day of public…
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On this day 250 years ago in Boston, one month after he had been arrestted by British soldiers, Peter Edes recorded in his diary that Escorted from goal again, with the additional company of 3 Sailors, thieves and house-breakers, surrounded by Soldiers. The 3 Sailors examin’d, Mr. Hunt, Starr, and myself were ask’d who prosecuted…
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