All posts tagged "Battle of Long Island"
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5.9KCrime and ScandalBathsheba Spooner, Hanged for Murder—Or For Her Loyalist Father?
In March of 1778, a traveler brought strange news to Sandwich, Mass., about an unnatural murder in Brookfield. A woman had hired...
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19.6K22MassachusettsWhen John Adams Slept With Ben Franklin
John Adams slept with Benjamin Franklin in a New Jersey tavern during the fall of 1776. They stopped on a journey from...
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