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On this day 250 years ago, “a Meeting of the Officers under the Command of [Virginia Governor Dunmore], convened at Fort Gower [present day Hockingport, Ohio] for the Purpose of considering the Grievances of BRITISH AMERICA.” adopted what are now known as the “Fort Gower Resolves.” Although these officers had just completed the military campaign…
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On this day 250 years ago in Staunton, Virginia, a member of the militia returning from the battle wrote this account of the Battle of Point Pleasant: On the tenth of October, our Army being encamped in the Fork of the Great Kenhawa, two men went out early to hunt, but were fired upon by…
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At noon on this day 250 years ago in Charleston, South Carolina, Patriots rowed Captain Ball and the three merchants who had agreed to purchase his tea out to the Britannia anchored in the harbor where “an oblation was made to NEPTUNE, of the said seven chests of tea.” A crowd of Charlestonians watched from…
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On this day 250 years ago in Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston’s General Committee interviewed Captain Ball of the Britannia about the tea on board his ship that had docked the previous day. Ball admitted that there were seven chests of “the mischievous Drug” aboard his ship, but gave multiple excuses for transporting the tea to…
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On this day 250 years ago, the Britannia, carrying seven chests of East India Company tea, docked in Charleston harbor in South Carolina. The Patriots of Charleston in a couple of days would host the Second Charleston Tea Party to welcome the arrival of this tea. Sources: https://www.powdermagazinemuseum.org/history250; https://oliverpluff.com/pages/charleston-tea-party Also on that day in Alexandria,…
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On this day 250 years ago The Boston Evening Post published resolutions passed by the Massachusetts Provincial Congress on October 26. One resolution lamented that in Consequence of the present unhappy Disputes between Great Britain and the Colonies, a formidable Body of Troops with warlike Preparations of Every sort, are…arrived at, and others destined for…
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On this day 250 years ago, George Washington arrived back home at Mount Vernon, Virginia from his service at the First Continental Congress. Source: https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%2230%20October%201774%22&s=1111311111&sa=&r=1&sr=
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On this day 250 years ago in Newport, the Rhode Island Assembly issued charters for two militia companies in Kent County. The First Independent Company Kent County based in East Greenwich had been organized a month before as the “Kentish Guards” and retained that name through distinguished service in the Revolutionary War and is still…
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On this day 250 years ago in Newport, the Rhode Island General Assembly authorized the formation of the 100-strong Newport Light Infantry. Source: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_433170 Also on this day 250 years ago in Boston. James Lovell wrote to his good friend Josiah Quincy, Jr. who was then onboard a ship sailing to England on a secret…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Committee of Safety of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress named Artemas Ward, Jedediah Preble and Seth Pomeroy as Generals to command the Massachusetts Militia. Sources: https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/general-artemas-ward-americas-first-commander-in-chief-in-the-war-for-independence/; https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/seth-pomeroy-forgotten-founder-and-the-first-brigadier-general-of-the-continental-army/; Also on this day 250 years ago in Boston, Isaiah Thomas published another issue of The Massachusetts Spy. Under…
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