Category Archives: 250 years ago

donations appreciated … and needed

On the first day of 1776 John Morgan, the chief medical officer with the American army at Boston sent out a public letter thanking people in Massachusetts for donating hospital supplies to the army. He then went on to request … Continue reading

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declaration recommendation

250 years ago American rebel forces were besieging Boston and the British Redcoats holed up in it. One of the American commanders Nathanael Greene wrote a letter to fellow Rhode Islander Samuel Ward, a member of the Second Continental Continental … Continue reading

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right to fight

On April 19, 1775 American colonists fought British troops during the Battles of Lexington and Concord with 393 estimated combined casualties. The two sides went at it again a couple months later during the June 17th Battle of Bunker Hill … Continue reading

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