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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail: It makes me happy to hear that the Spirit of Inocculation prevails so generally. I could wish it, more universal. The small Pox has done Us more harm than British Armies, Canadians, Indians, Negroes, Hannoverians, Hessians, and all the rest.…
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On this day 250 years ago in Easton, Pennsylvania, the Committee of Observation of Northampton County (the local governing body of the County during the Revolution) recorded in its minutes a case against three men
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On this day 250 years from his camp on Long Island (in present day Brooklyn), New York, Brigadier General Nathanael Greene wrote to General Washington to recommend the removeal of the Wheat along New Uttrech, Graves End (& so) Shore, that if the Enemy should land there, they may not have it in their power…
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On this day 250 years ago in New York, men from Elizabeth, New Jersey crossed the channel to Staten Island to skirmish with the British. The Patriots lost one man. Although I have not been able to identify his name we should still remember his sacrifice today. Source: https://www.westjerseyhistory.org/books/battlesmunn/partfive.shtml On this day 250 years ago…
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On this day 250 years ago in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, the Kentish guards, commanded by Col. Richard Fry, appeared in their uniforms; about 12 o’clock they drew up on the parade before the State-House, when the Declaration of the General Congress, declaring these Colonies Free and Independent States, was read; likewise a resolve of…
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On this day 250 years ago in Watertown, Massachusetts, delegates from the Penobscots agreed to “willing[ly] subject ourselves” to the American cause“and all that we shall Worship or obey will be Jesus Christ, and Gen.l Washington.” The Penobscot representatives joined a delegation of ten representatives from the Maliseet (or St. John’s) and the Mi’kmaq tribes…
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On this day 250 years ago 300 Cherokee warriors led by Ooskwha (usually called “Old Abram” or “Abraham of Chilowee”) attacked Fort Watauga (now in Tennessee). The day before Tsiyu Gansini (usually referred to in English as “Dragging Canoe” and Savanukah (or “The Raven of Chote”), with 400 men had attacked the Holston and Carter’s…
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On this day 250 years ago Major General Philip Schuyler wrote to General Washington from German Flatts in the Mohawk Valley of New York with intelligence (that turned out to be faulty for the most part) about the Iroquois: Mr [Peter] Ryckman on his Return from Niagara past thro’ most of the six Nations, and…
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On this day 250 years ago in Watertown, Massachusetts, the Micmac and Maliseet tribes signed a treaty of alliance and friendship with the United States. The treaty is now known as the Treaty of Watertown. Source: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/native-americans-revolutionary-war/ On this day 250 years ago, George Gibson of the 1st Virginia Regiment left Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh…
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On this day 250 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts, the Declaration of Independence was read from the balcony of the State House by Col. Thomas Crafts to a crowd of the city’s citizens gathered in King Street. Abigail Adams was in the crowd and later wrote to her husband to describe the event: Last Thursday after…
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