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The Fate of War and Some Refugees–November 25, 1775

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2025/11/25

It’s hard to emphasize just how remote Point Shirley is compared to the Boston. Let me try anyway. On most maps of Boston, Point Shirley isn’t even on the map. It’s so far to the east that it’s nearly in the ocean. I’m not sure it’s even possible to see Boston from Point Shirley. And given Point Shirley’s location at a place between the bay and the ocean, and the fact that it’s November, and you’ve got a cold, windy place where

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Considering North Carolina–November 24, 1775

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2025/11/24

Two days ago, Mike had a case of the Martian Flu or something, so I needed to record in his place. today he sounds as good as ever. Since I could never bounce back from anything affecting my voice that quickly, I think it’s necessary to hurl invective his way. But I won’t ’cause I’m classy. Where were we? Oh yeah. One of the interesting things about the American Revolution is that even though there were major, busy ports up and down the coast, only a few of them

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A Day of Thanksgiving–November 23, 1775

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2025/11/23

November 23, 1775 was at least the fifth time that a day of Thanksgiving was declared in North America. It might be the sixth, but the documentation for one of them is kind of thin, It might be the first Thanksgiving held on a Thursday, but again it’s tough to know for sure. It’s certainly […]The post A Day of Thanksgiving–November 23, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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The End of the First Siege at Ninety Six–November 22,...

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2025/11/22

The siege and battle at Ninety Six managed to end abruptly, largely because the leaders on both sides were convinced that something was about to happen the would benefit the other side. What a gentlemanly way to go out! For all that shooting, hardly anyone was seriously hurt. There was one death on each side, […]The post The End of the First Siege at Ninety Six–November 22, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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George Kremer–November 21, 1775

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2025/11/21

While George Kremer is depicted in today’s artwork as a sophisticated “man of the people”, it’s thought that the artwork was meant to be sarcastic, since Kremer’s colleagues didn’t respect him very much, thinking he was a kind of bumpkin back-bencher. And indeed, George Kremer’s political legacy, at both the state and Congressional level, is […]The post George Kremer–November 21, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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The 1st Canadian Regiment–November 20, 2025

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2025/11/20

Robert Livingston now enters the picture in the broad tapestry of the American Revolution. Given that the cover art today comes from an image from twenty years after the war; we can assume that he was quite young during the war, plus he held up pretty well in the interim. At any rate, this isn’t […]The post The 1st Canadian Regiment–November 20, 2025 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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The Siege of Ninety Six–November 19, 1775

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2025/11/19

The Siege of Ninety-Six is considered to be the first land battle of the Revolution in the South. And believe it or not, we might be talking about this town again in fairly short order. This past Saturday, Governor McMaster officially proclaimed today through Thursday the 250th Anniversary of the battle. And while this battle […]The post The Siege of Ninety Six–November 19, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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SC Troops Get Organized–November 18, 1775

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2025/11/18

In retrospect, it appears that most of the action in the early days of the Revolution took place in Massachusetts and South Carolina. What was so important about South Carolina? New York wasn’t a big city yet, nor was it strategically important (yet). Baltimore was a small-time port at the time; so was Norfolk. Georgia […] The post SC Troops Get Organized–November 18, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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The Prize Court Committee–November 17, 1775

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2025/11/17

A Prize Court is a formal organization dedicated to the disposition of items captured from an enemy. Because the Colonies were more or less building it all from the ground up, much of what they adopted came directly from the British. As a result the Prize Court and its structure is a British institution that […] The post The Prize Court Committee–November 17, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Mister Knox Goes to Ticonderoga–November 16, 1775

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2025/11/16

It’s a little bit unfair using this portrait to represent Henry Knox, because it was painted many years after his involvement in the Revolution, which began when Knox was 25 years old. As it turns out, this painting is from 1806, the year Knox died. Henry Knox ran a bookstore in Boston as a young […]The post Mister Knox Goes to Ticonderoga–November 16, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Dr. James Carnahan–November 15, 1775

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2025/11/15

As noted during the episode, James Carnahan was the president of what was later known as Princeton University, the ninth man to hold that title since the school’s founding nearly 90 years earlier. Carnahan held that position for over 30 years, making him the longest tenured president of that school to that date, a record […]The post Dr. James Carnahan–November 15, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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The Birth of the Black Loyalists–November 14, 1775

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2025/11/14

Lord Dunmore issued his Proclamation just a week earlier, but the response was much stronger than anticipated, probably because—who knew!—people hate being slaves. While the Proclamation only applied to the Virginia colony, because Dunmore had no authority conferred upon him anywhere else, a huge number of slaves and otherwise indentured servants from throughout the thirteen […]The post The Birth of the Black Loyalists–November 14, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Erm…now what?–November 13, 1775

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2025/11/13

Montgomery had done his thing at Fort St. Jean. Benedict Arnold had finally made it through the Maine (heh.) Now it was time to move in on Montreal. What the Canadians didn’t count on was the possibility that Americans weren’t moving on Quebec, but Montreal. Americans can walk and chew gum at the same time, […]The post Erm…now what?–November 13, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Dis-Integrated–November 12, 1775

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2025/11/12

It should come as a surprise to nobody that America has a troubled relationship with its past when it comes to race relations. It may come as surprise to you that our Founding Fathers had a complex relationship with their present when it comes to race relations. Yes, many of them owned slaves, but a […]The post Dis-Integrated–November 12, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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The Battle Of Hog Island–November 11, 1775

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2025/11/11

The Battle of Hog Island was the first of two major events early in the Revolution that got South Carolina firmly on board with the Independence cause. Hog Island caused the South Carolina Committee of Safety to expand their navy; in this respect they were way ahead of the Continental Congress. But when King George […] The post The Battle Of Hog Island–November 11, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Happy Birthday To The US Marines!–November 10, 1775

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2025/11/10

The United States Marine Corps celebrates its birthday every year on this day, usually with a ball (the dancing kind) and a cake-cutting ceremony. The cover art today is from their 233rd birthday celebration. Until 1921, the Marines marked the occasion on July 11, which was the date of the re-establishment of the Corps, since […] The post Happy Birthday To The US Marines!–November 10, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Arnold’s March to Canada Ends–November 9, 1775

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2025/11/09

We gotta give Benedict Arnold this: he set a goal and he stuck to it. Given the opportunity to take men and help invade Quebec through a kind of pincer move with General Montgomery, Benedict Arnold took 1100 men through the wilds of Maine to the St. Lawrence River, a trip that he thought would […]The post Arnold’s March to Canada Ends–November 9, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Birth of a Privilege–November 8, 1775

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2025/11/08

When we talk about Franking, we typically use it in the context of the Franking Privilege, something that members of Congress, ex-presidents, and a few others get to use. In short, if they put their name on the envelope, they can mail stuff without cost to themselves. (The Congressional budget reimburses the US Postal Service.) […] The post Birth of a Privilege–November 8, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Dunmore Has A Tempting Offer–November 7, 1775

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2025/11/07

Lord Dunmore was driven from the Governor’s Mansion back in June, but he never went far. That same day he took refuge on a British ship near Williamsburg and continued playing the role of Governor, even though the House of Burgesses was already doing quite nicely, thank you. Slave revolts were a constant concern in […] The post Dunmore Has A Tempting Offer–November 7, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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Congress Has A Busy Day–November 6, 1775

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2025/11/06

There are going to be days when no truly big events happen, but that wasn’t going to stop the Second Continental Congress from getting stuff done. Today we have a bit of an image of that group as a bunch of men who are hard-drinking philosophers, ready—and maybe eager—to burst into fisticuffs, or perhaps the […] The post Congress Has A Busy Day–November 6, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.

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