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Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier (1777)
George Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge. The cannonade continued without interruption on the side of the British throughout the day. Our men…
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March 2023
Freeing Slaves to Fight (1779)
Headquarters, March 14th, 1779. Dear Sir, Colonel Laurens, who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, is on his way to South Carolina on a…
Dan Allosso
Mar 31
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Vengeance to the Tories!
June 1. — Among the many errors America has been guilty of during her contest with Great Britain, few have been greater or attended with more fatal…
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Mar 30
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Lot of the Refugee (1776-9)
Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783. London, July 4 [1775]- Arrived at the New England coffee-house, Threadneedle…
Dan Allosso
Mar 29
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The Declaration
In Congress, Friday June 7, 1776. The delegates from Virginia moved in obedience to instructions from their constituents that the Congress should…
Dan Allosso
Mar 28
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Difficulty Framing Articles of Confederation (1776)
July 30, 1776. Chase. Moves that the word “white” should be inserted in the eleventh Article. The negroes are wealth. Numbers are not a certain rule of…
Dan Allosso
Mar 27
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Abandonment of New York (1776)
Artist's depiction of the Great Fire of New York on September 19, 1776. The fire destroyed from 10 to 25 percent of the buildings in the city, while…
Dan Allosso
Mar 26
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A Woman at the Front (1775-6)
Abigail Adams in 1766 Sunday, 18 June, 1775. The day — perhaps the decisive day — is come, on which the fate of America depends. My bursting heart must…
Dan Allosso
Mar 26
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A Call for Independence (1776)
Common Sense was the most popular pamphlet ever printed in America. Leaving the moral part to private reflection, I shall chiefly confine my farther…
Dan Allosso
Mar 24
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Conflicting Reports of Lexington and Concord (1775)
Battle of Lexington THE AMERICAN STATEMENT in The Salem Gazette Salem, April 25, 1775. Last Wednesday the 19th of April, the Troops of His Britannic…
Dan Allosso
Mar 23
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Reign of King Mob (1775)
Your assuming the government of Massachusetts Bay makes it unnecessary for me to make any apology for addressing you in this public manner, further than…
Dan Allosso
Mar 22
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Regulators of Springfield (1774)
Parson's Tavern, Springfield, as it appeared in 1902. Springfield, Aug. 30th, 1774. We arrived in town about noon this day and found all the people…
Dan Allosso
Mar 21
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