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GEORGE WASHINGTON planned 3 crossings of the Delaware. JAMES EWING was supposed to cross just south of with 800 militia and Col JOHN CAWALADER and approx 1800 men were supposed to land 12 miles south at Burlington.

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2020-12-25

13 December 1776 General CHARLES LEE is captured by British forces led by Banastre Tarleton. Lee was caught some distance from his army, frequenting a tavern/inn operated by the comely Widow White. Perhaps he needed her home cooking?

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2020-12-13

18th C British & Hessian lovely women: Countess Mary Howe (1732-1800), wife of Admiral Lord Richard Howe; Jemima Cornwallis (1747-1779), wife of Gen Lord Charles Cornwallis; Baroness Frederika Riedesel (1746-1808), wife of Hessian General Friedrich Riedesel.

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2020-12-08

RT : to Mary Ludwig Hayes, sometimes referred to as Molly Pitcher, who was born 13 October 1744. Legend is that her husband fell and she took his place operating a cannon the Battle of Monmouth.

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2020-10-13

12 Oct 1781 Yorktown, VA The second parallel is threatened by British fire from Redoubts 9 & 10. The allies began preparations to reduce these troublesome strong points.

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2020-10-12

16 Jun 1776 Gen Henry Clinton lands 2,000 soldiers and 500 sailors to land on Long Island, in Charleston Harbor and orders them to wade across and attack American defenses on Sullivan’s Island. But the shoals prove too deep.

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2020-06-16

14 May 1800
6th US Congress recesses & govt begins moving from Phila. PA to Washington, D.C. the next day.The location is a compromise between Alexander Hamilton & Thomas Jefferson. Fed govt assumes states'#RevWar debt & capital moves to the south & agrarian interests.

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2020-05-15

Happy Birthday !!!!
You are my best bestfriend 🖤
I tried to draw Abraham Woodhull from Turn to you.

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2020-05-06

15 April 1783
Continental Congress of the United States officially ratified the preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain signed in November 1782. Independence is won. But the last British trops would not leave the 13 colonies until late the next year.

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2020-04-16

5 Mar 1770 Boston Massacre
A mob of angry colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston began tossing snowballs & rocks at soldiers. The soldiers fired into the crowd killing 5.

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2020-03-06

In the true spirit of Christmas, 23 December 1778 Col. JOHN LAURENS and Gen. CHARLES LEE fight a duel outside Philadelphia. Lee is wounded. For Hamilton's account of the duel see: https://t.co/vLJfCGBhmH

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2019-12-23

2 July 1779 in was the Battle of Pound Ridge. His 1st command, BANASTRE TARLETON led Loyalist forces on raid. BENJAMIN TALLMADGE led Sheldon's 2nd Light Horse in opposition. British captured Tallmadge letters re Culper Spy Ring.

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2019-07-02

20 May 1782
Robert Shurtliff enlisted as a Private in the 4th Mass. Regt. of the Continental Army at Bellingham. This would not be of much note except that Robert was actually Deborah Samson

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2018-05-20

2 May 1777
David Wooster, American general who served in French & Indian War and dies of wounds received @ Battle of Ridgefield in CT. Reportedly, his last words are “I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence."

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2018-05-03

New post: Patriotism, French Fashion, & Mrs. Morris's Pouf, c1782: https://t.co/q86U6KRZJm

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2017-11-02

I'm Lora Innes & I draw & my RevWar time-travel epic The Dreamer: https://t.co/2txkSprZhO

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2016-08-06

Guys. GUYS. It's Oliver Wolcott, SERPENT LORD. (#declaration signers project by )

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2015-12-23