On This Day In The Revolution

On this day 250 years ago, George Washington dined with Peyton Randolph at Randolph’s home in Williamsburg, Virginia. We do not know what they talked about but at that time Randolph was Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses and Washington was a leading Member of the House of Burgesses. Only 17 months later Randolph…

On this day 250 years ago the Boston Committee of Correspondence issued a joint letter with the committees of correspondence of the towns in the vicinity of Boston that proclaimed: Our rights have been for several years invaded by cruel and remorseless enemies; sometimes they have acted with open violence, at other times they have…

On this day 250 years ago, “Junius Brutus” (which may have been a pseudonym used by the publisher), wrote in Peter Timothy’s South Carolina Gazette that “a Tax of the value of one penny levied upon us without our consent, as effectually takes away our liberty, as if the sum were a million.” The Patriots made it clear…

On this day 250 years ago Club Forty-Five met in Charleston under the Liberty Tree to swear oaths to oppose British tyranny, and to drink to excess. Club Forty-Five comprised 45 South Carolina Patriots including John and Edward Rutledge. The Club was named for a famous essay “North Briton No. 45” written by the radical…

On this day 250 years ago, a Spanish officer at Arkansas Post reported to another Spanish official that a Quapaw chief had been visiting the British in Pensacola. The Spanish were concerned because the Quapaw had been long allied with the French in Louisiana in warfare against the British and the Spanish had expected to…

On this day 250 years ago, “A Plea to the American Public to Protect Their Liberties” by resisting the importation of tea that was written by “a student of law” is printed as a broadside in New York Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23149623?seq=14 at p. 60

On this day 250 years ago in Boston, Patriots met at Faneuil Hall to demand that the East India Company consignees resign. The consignees refused to resign and instead fled to Castle William in Boston Harbor. Source: https://www.revolution250.org/250th-commemorations/250th-anniversary-of-the-boston-tea-party/ Today in the 21st Century I want to wish Happy Birthday to my sisters Amanda and Rebecca.

On this day 250 years ago, a group of Patriots in Boston led by William Powell, Joseph Warren and Sam Adams sign a petition demanding the resignation of Richard Clarke and the other consignees of the East India Company. Later that night a large number of people attack and damage Richard Clarke’s home. Sources: https://dp.la/item/b7807750c2cbb83d01bd29f289097e5d;…

On this day 250 years ago, the Second Session of the Maryland Proprietary Assembly convened in Annapolis. The colonial Assembly would convene for one more session in 1774 before it was replaced by the Maryland Convention and then the Maryland Assemby of Freemen. The Assembly in 1773 included many Members who would soon be leading…