All posts tagged "John Sullivan"
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3.2KMassachusettsHow George Washington Recruited a Whole New Army Under British Noses
George Washington had a problem he believed no one had ever encountered before. On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army would disappear...
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4.6KCrime 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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42.1KScience and NatureA Vermont Moose Visits Paris in 1787
In 1784, a Vermont moose went to Paris to settle an argument between a French natural historian and Thomas Jefferson. The historian,...
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18.4K22MassachusettsWhen 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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4.8K1New HampshireMoses French Leads the Paper Money Riot in New Hampshire in 1786
Today, banks have lobbyists and economists to convince the central banks to create money. In 1786, no such niceties existed. That created...
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