On This Day In The Revolution

On this day 250 years ago the Connecticut Journal reported the latest tea party in Lyme, Connecticut: Yesterday, one William Lamson, of Martha’s Vineyard, came to this town with a bag of tea (about 100 wt.), on horseback, which he was peddling about the country. It appeared that he was about business which he supposed…

On this day 250 years ago, John Temple wrote to his father-in-law James Bowdoin that he had been dismissed as Surveyor General of Customs without notice or explanation. Bowdoin was a prominent Patriot who chaired the Massachusetts Council, and the British Government’s mistreatment of his son-in-law hardened his opposition to British rule. Source: https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%22March%2015%2C%201774%22&s=1111311111&sa=&r=1&sr= at…

On this day 250 years ago the Georgia Gazette published a report dated March 9 from Augusta that “Creeks were all ready to take up arms,” even if they faced “an army of Red Coats.” The letter also reported that a party of Creeks were planning to raid South Carolina in May. Source: at p.…

On this day 250 years ago in London, William Bollan, Agent for of Massachusetts petitioned Parliament to give the Colonies the “opportunity to ascertain and defend their invaluable rights.” Source: https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-amarch%3A87645

On this day 250 years ago at St. Augustine in the Colony of East Florida, Patrick Tonyn, the newly-appointed British Governor of East Florida, met with a party of over 100 Creeks led by the Oconee King, Long Warrior and Ahaya the Cowkeeper. Governor Tonyn chastised the Creeks for attacks on British settlers but assured…

On this day 250 years ago in London William Woodfall wrote John Adams suggesting the publication of a newspaper in London “particularly to profess itself a general channel of American Intelligence, as by means of it, a variety of facts, sentiments, and arguments, respecting the right of taxing the Colonies, would reach the public eye, which…

On this day 250 years ago in London, William Bollan, acting as the agent for Massachusetts in London following the dismissal of Benjamin Franklin, wrote a report to the Council of Massachusetts. Bollan reported that on March 5, King George III sent a message asking Parliament to address: “the violent and outrageous proceedings at the…

On this day 250 years ago in London, Benjamin Franklin wrote his friend, and supporter of America, Bishop Jonathan Shipley about a bill under consideration in Parliament to restrict expansion of western settlements in the American colonies. Franklin explained that Parliament intended that the effect of the bill would be that People will not go…

On this day 250 years ago from his plantation Richfield in Botetourt County, Virginia, Andrew Lewis wrote George Washington an alarming report about Indians attacking settlers, although the extent of the attacks turned out to be greatly exaggerated: we have had repeted advices by travolars that the Creeks Cherokees & Chocktaws have Joined in a…

On this day 250 years ago in Boston, Andrew Oliver, the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts was buried. Lt. Gov. Oliver was hated by the Sons of Liberty of Boston and they celebrated his demise. Royal Governor Hutchinson wrote in his diary: “upon his internment a large mob attended, and huzzaed at the…