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Award-winning author of historical fiction with a dash of sci-fi. My blog, Yankee Doodle Spies, profiles the people, places & things of the Revolutionary War.
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16 Mar 1778 London. Parliament authorizes Earl of Carlisle, Frederick Howard to head a peace commission to Philadelphia. He is given wide authority to negotiate directly and to acquiesce to all American demands – except independence.

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Yankee Doodle Spies: Loyal to a Fault? https://t.co/n3oJMyGeVq

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Yankee Doodle Spies: Cold and Stalemate at Whitemarsh https://t.co/ZKM65dCON8

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13 Mar 1778 London. French ambassador informs Secy of State Thomas Thynne of Treaty of commerce & Amity between France & US nearly arranged. PM Lord North recalls the British ambassador from Paris & informs Gen Henry Clinton.

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12 Mar 1776 Baltimore A public notice in local papers recognizing the sacrifice of women to the cause of the revolution. The notice urged others to recognize women's contributions on the battlefield, in camps, on the march, and in cities, towns & farms.

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11 March 1776 Cambridge MA, Gen Washington forms his personal guard. Learn more about this unique unit, in my Yankee Doodle Spies Blog post, the Life Guard. https://t.co/C0FuowcOfS

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Yankee Doodle Spies: A General Disaster https://t.co/d5niJaT1Wv

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6 Mar 1770 Boston, MA. 5K angry citizens led by Samuel Adams gathered the day after the "Massacre" & resolved "nothing could be expected to restore peace & prevent carnage, but an immediate removal of troops." The troops were removed before sunset.

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5 Mar 1780 Charleston SC. In preparation for a British attack on the port city, Gov John Rutledge employs 600 slaves to construct earthworks and stonework dubbed, “The Citadel.” It would be the site of a future military academy of the same name.

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