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Josiah Bartlett

Josiah Bartlett was born on November 21, 1729, in Amesbury, Essex County, MA, to Stephen and Mary Bartlett. He was the youngest of seven children. His father was a cobbler, and the family lineage can be traced back to the Norman invasion of England in 1066. His ancestor, Adam Barttelot, was esquire to a Knight, Sir Brian, who would become Brian de Stopham. Adam fought at the Battle of Hastings during the invasions. There is limited documentation suggesting that Adam may have

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Josiah Bartlett

Josiah Bartlett was born on November 21, 1729, in Amesbury, Essex County, MA, to Stephen and Mary Bartlett. He was the youngest of seven children. His father was a cobbler, and the family lineage can be traced back to the Norman invasion of England in 1066. His ancestor, Adam Barttelot, was esquire to a Knight, Sir Brian, who would become Brian de Stopham. Adam fought at the Battle of Hastings during the invasions. There is limited documentation suggesting that Adam may have

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Coca-Cola advertisement In 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River, becoming one of the first European explorers ever to do so. In 1639, William Coddington founded Newport, Rhode Island. In 1776, Washington confirmed sentences from a court-martial: One soldier is to receive 20 lashes for deserting his guard. He also confronts the spread of smallpox, directing officers to identify infected men immediate

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“if the British administrations should determine by force to effect a submission to the late arbitrary acts of the British Parliament, in such a situation, we hold it our indispensable duty to resist such force, and at every hazard to defend the rights and liberties of America.” James Smith, Pennsylvania Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Seattle Slew In 1776, Washington sharpens the army’s readiness; he directs every regiment in the line to mount a picquet every night at sunset. These detachments are to lie on their arms, ready to turn out at a moment’s notice. The tone is unmistakable: The enemy is expected in New York. In 1776, in the evening, after receiving fresh intelligence by express, Washington writes to Congress and raises a political as well as a military question: If the expected British peace comm

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“The pensive and awful silence which pervaded the house when we were called up, one after another to the table of the President of Congress to subscribe what was believed by many at that time to be our own death warrants. The silence and gloom of the morning was interrupted, I well recollect, only for a moment by Co. Harrison of Virginia, who said to Mr. Gerry at the table, ‘I shall have a great advantage over you, Mr. Gerry, when we are all hung for what we are now doing. Fr

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