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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress adopts a resolution That the proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the fifth of September last, and reported by the honorable delegates from this colony, have, with the deliberation due to their high importance, been considered by us; and…
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On this day 250 years ago in London Vice Admiral Samuel Graves received an Order of the Privy Council approved by the King to send Royal Navy ships to patrol ports in New England in order to intercept ships smuggling arms and ammunition in violation of the Order. Graves promptly ordered the Gaspee, Halifax, Lively and Canceaux to patrol…
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On this day 250 years ago in London, England, Benjamin Franklin received invitations to meet the next day with two prominent British supporters of America, David Barclay and John Fothergill. Barclay and Fothergill were acting as intermediaries for Lord Dartmouth and other British ministries, perhaps including Prime Minister Lord North, in a final effort to…
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On this day 250 years ago in Portsmouth, Royal Governor John Wentworth of New Hampshire wrote to the British Secretary of State Lord Dartmouth about the “inflammatory spirit” in the colony. Wentworth reported that “a cry about liberty will captivate and bear sway with the populace . . . as there is no power to…
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On this day 250 years ago in all thirteen American colonies, Patriots began a boycott of goods imported from Britain as recommended by the Articles of Association passed by the First Continental Congress. Source: https://www.americanrevolution.org/first-continental-congress/
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On this day 250 years ago the freeholders of Fairfax County, Virginia hold a meeting at the Alexandria Courthouse to adopt the Continental Association. The Continental Association called for a boycott of trade with Great Britain and is scheduled to go into effect on December 1. George Washington organized the meeting but did not attend.…
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On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress dispatched messengers to Boston and Salem “in order to gain what intelligence can be had by the last vessels from London.” Source: https://archive.org/details/journalsofeachprma00mass/page/52/mode/2up
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On this day 250 years ago in Essex County, New Jersey, the Committee of Correspondence issues a call to the Freeholders of Essex County to elect Committees of Observation to enforce the Continental Association boycott of trade with Great Britain. The Committee of Correspondence praised the citizens of Essex County for the “zeal you have…
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On this day 250 years ago in Norfolk, Virginia, Loyalist merchant James Parker wrote to Charles Steuart about reports of the intimidation of Loyalist merchants two weeks earlier: At Wmsbg there was a pole erected by order of Colo Archd Cary a strong Patriot, opposite the Raleigh tavern upon which was hung a large mop…
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On this day 250 years at his family’s home Montpelier in Orange County, Virginia, James Madison writes to his good friend William Bradford in Pennsylvania: The proceedings of the Congress are universally approved of in this Province & I am persuaded will be faithfully adheared to. A spirit of Liberty & Patriotism animates all degrees and…
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