Ambush at the mine ends with a deadly turn
Jack Kilmeny survives a roadside ambush as masked raiders seize ore sacks and escape toward Goldbanks. The assault ends with Kilmeny replanning revenge while Peale and Trefoyle vow to finish him. Verinder gloats at a fake mine find but learns Kilmeny outwitted them.
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Tim
Goldbanks
Pensure
T Goldstein’s
Verinder
Maya
Impulsive Moya faces looming moral test in mine town
Moya Dwight contends with Ned Kilmeny and Captain Kilmeny kin over a theft tied to ore, while Colter and Verinder probe Kilmeny’s disappearance. Lady Farquhar advises restraint as Maya confronts love, honor, and reputation amid a western mining town.
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Captain Kilmeny
India
Moya
Kilmeny
Ned
Verinder
Farquhar
Jack Kilmeny
Lady Farquhar
Maya
Jim
London
Debon
James
Joyce
Ned Kilmeny
Dwight
Mr. Colter
Jack
Bell
Bleyer
Mr. Bleyer
Mr. Verinder
G—d
Klilmeny
Colter
Christopher Greene and the Fort Mercer Stand
In 1777 at Red Bank New Jersey Colonel Christopher Greene commanded Fort Mercer with 400 Rhode Island Continentals. Facing 1200 Hessian grenadiers led by Count Donop, Greene refused surrender and a hidden battery plus heavy fire repelled the attackers. Hessian casualties exceeded 400. American losses were eight killed and twenty nine wounded. Congress honored Greene with a vote of thanks and a sword.
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Delaware
Philadelphia
George Washington
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Christopher Greene
Arnold
Montgomery
Quebec
Fort Mercer
Red Bank
New Jersey
Delaware River
Fort Mifflin
Hugh Mercer
Lord Howe
Greene
Mauduit Duplessis
Hiad
Hessian Grenadiers, Led By the Famous Count Donop
Donop
Count Donop
Congress
Christ Elected King in Florence Ballot 1527
Historical note records Florence selecting Christ as king in 1527 by actual ballot. The compact Florentine state faced upheaval as factions debated sovereignty and church influence. The item reflects early modern Italian governance and religious symbolism amid city politics.
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Christ
Florence
Italy
The Green Mountain Boys and Old Ti
Vermont’s link to Ticonderoga spans from Champlain era clashes to Ethan Allen’s 1775 seizure. The fort’s history features Rogers and Stark, early frontier warfare, and near disgrace from treacherous talks inside but ends with patriotic restoration led by the Pell family and renewed interest in Old Ti.
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New York
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
John Stark
Bennington
Robert Rogers
New Hampshire
Ethan Allen
Jehovah
Continental Congress
Conway
Charles Lee
Benedict Arnold
Samuel Champlain
Lake Champlain
Cheondaroga
Fort Vaudreuil
Canada
Fort Carillon
Fort Ticonderoga
Old Ti
Pell
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