All posts tagged "continental congress"
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22.8K1ConnecticutSamuel Huntington, First President…of the United States?
Samuel Huntington wasn’t as educated as John Adams or as brilliant a speaker Patrick Henry, but he was a hard worker with...
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4.1K1ConnecticutLt. Col. Ebenezer Huntington Bemoans ‘Rascally Stupidity’ of His Countrymen
On July 7, 1780, a despairing Lt. Col. Ebenezer Huntington of Norwich, Conn., had no way of knowing the United States would...
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18.0K1MassachusettsBefore the Declaration of Independence, an Olive Branch Was Extended
One year before they signed the Declaration of Independence, the members of the continental congress extended an olive branch to King George...
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4.8K11MassachusettsThe ‘Ravishing Light and Glory’ of the Declaration of Independence
Shortly after the Declaration of Independence was first read in Philadelphia, John Adams wrote to Samuel Chase, a fellow signer from Maryland and a future...
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5.8K5New HampshireJohn Langdon: New Hampshire’s Early Revolutionary
As a merchant and ship owner, it was not at all difficult to persuade John Langdon that the British needed to be...
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12.4K10MassachusettsBattle of Bunker Hill Distressed Abigail Adams, 10 Miles Away
Decades after the Battle of Bunker Hill distressed Abigail Adams, her son could still get overwrought when he remembered it. Abigail just...
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