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Major General Benjamin Lincoln In 1776, in his General Orders, Washington directs that the carpenters, boat builders, and painters parade at sunrise tomorrow morning to receive further instructions. These skilled artisans are essential to turning New York into a defensible position. In 1776, Ensign Peter Clayes, an officer guarding prisoners at the old City Hall, writes after a mob delivers Charles Oliver Bruff, a New York goldsmith suspected of Loyalism, into custody. Clayes

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Major General Benjamin Lincoln In 1776, in his General Orders, Washington directs that the carpenters, boat builders, and painters parade at sunrise tomorrow morning to receive further instructions. These skilled artisans are essential to turning New York into a defensible position. In 1776, Ensign Peter Clayes, an officer guarding prisoners at the old City Hall, writes after a mob delivers Charles Oliver Bruff, a New York goldsmith suspected of Loyalism, into custody. Clayes

John Adams

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, MA, to John Adams Sr. and his wife Susanna Adams, nee Boylston. His ancestry can be traced to Devonshire, England, where his Great-Great-Grandfather Henry Adams lived. Through his paternal side, he was related to John Alden and Pricilla Mullins, who were passengers on the Mayflower. Adam’s father was a shoemaker and a farmer who managed to have a moderate income and was not a blueblood, as many would think. His mother was

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Pullman Palace Company In 1659, the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed a law banning Christmas, forbidding “feasting and similar satanic practices”—with a penalty of five shillings. Back in 1621, the Plymouth Colony scrooge, er, governor had personally confiscated toys. In 1751, the first chartered hospital in the US was founded in Philadelphia. In 1776, Rumors swirl that German troops, hired by the British, are en route to America. To John Hancock, Washington proposes that Cong

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“I will confess, indeed, that I am not a blind admirer of this plan of government, and that there are some parts of it, if my wish had prevailed, would certainly have been altered. But, when I reflect how widely men differ in their opinions, and that every man, (and the observation applies likewise to every state,) has an equal pretension to assert his own, I am satisfied that anything nearer to perfection could not have been accomplished... Regarding it, then, in every point

William Whipple

William Whipple was born on January 14, 1730, to Captain William Sr. and Mary (Cutts) Whipple. He was the eldest of five children. His paternal family can be traced back to Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Matthew Whipple, who left England and immigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1638. He had been a clothier in Bocking, England. Whipple’s father was a brewer who later became a sea captain. His maternal line can be traced to William Cutts of Bristol, England, who had settl

Matthew Thornton

Matthew Thornton was born on March 3, 1714, in Lisburn County, Antrim, Ireland, to James and Elizabeth Thornton. He would be one of three signers born in Ireland. His parents had 8 children, and Dr. Thornton was the third-oldest. His family can be traced to England, then relocated to Scotland before finally settling in Ireland. Not much is known about his early years. We do know that the family left Ireland about 1717, when Dr. Thornton was three years old, and arrived in Bos

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