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Hancock-Clark Parsonage, Lexington, MA

Hancock-Clarke Parsonage The Hancock-Clark House is located in Lexington, Massachusetts, and is the boyhood home of John Hancock. Many of you will know that he and Samuel Adams were at this home from April 18th until April 19, 177,5 when the American Revolution began. History books record that they were warned by Paul Revere around midnight that the British were coming and should leave. Then, in a standard history class, we learn that Hancock and Adams leave around 4 am to

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Hancock-Clark Parsonage, Lexington, MA

Hancock-Clarke Parsonage The Hancock-Clark House is located in Lexington, Massachusetts, and is the boyhood home of John Hancock. Many of you will know that he and Samuel Adams were at this home from April 18th until April 19, 177,5 when the American Revolution began. History books record that they were warned by Paul Revere around midnight that the British were coming and should leave. Then, in a standard history class, we learn that Hancock and Adams leave around 4 am to

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Fort Sackville Memorial In 1776, Washington set his mind on medical readiness. He order ed a formal examination of every surgeon and mate in the Continental Army. Inventories of instruments, medicines, and bandages are demanded at once. In 1779, Fort Sackville surrendered , marking the beginning of the end of British domination in America’s western frontier. In 1782, the Battle of Tydiman's Plantation took place in South Carolina. In 1804, Thomas Jefferson was nominated for

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"It is the fundamental principle of the proposed constitution, that as the aggregate number of representatives allotted to the several states, is to be determined by federal rule, founded on the aggregate number of inhabitants; so, the right of choosing this allotted number in each state, is to be exercised by such part of the inhabitants, as the state itself may designate." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 54

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In 1761, James Otis voiced opposition to English colonial rule in a speech before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. In 1776, Washington authorize d regimental commanders to apply for $500 warrants to send trusted officers into the countryside to purchase arms. Only sound muskets, preferably “Kings Musquets” with bayonets, are acceptable. Washington warns officers not to compete with Massachusetts county committees, whose parallel buying could inflate prices. In 1803, Marb

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"No man can be a competent legislator, who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment, a certain degree of knowledge of the subjects on which he is to legislate." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 53

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Nicolas Cooke In 1776, Washington writes to Nicholas Cooke, the governor of Rhode Island, introducing Frederick William, Baron de Woedtke, a Prussian-born former officer who has been driven ashore by bad weather on Cape Cod. Woedtke is traveling from St. Domingo to Philadelphia with the specific purpose of offering his military service to the American cause and delivering letters of introduction to several members of Congress. Washington urges Cooke to extend hospitality an

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