Early Continental Army orders reveal ban on liquor and swearing
A rare Cambridge HQ journal of June to September 1775 records Washington's early commands, discipline, court-martials, and supply concerns. It notes bans on profane swearing and drunkenness, directives on pickets and morale, and a tally of casualties. The 64 page manuscript, unearthed in Pepperell, dates the siege and showcases frontline wartime governance.
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Wiliam Prescott
Cambridge
Bunker Hill
Goodspeed’s
Boston
Pepperell
Washington
Inch
Congress
Bunker HI
Gage
Virgina
Ward
Controllce
Edief
Fame and shame in Benedict Arnold’s Revolutionary career
Benedict Arnold showed bravery before his traitorous turn. After Lexington he led volunteers toward Cambridge and proposed an expedition against Fort T h ombroga. He fought at Quebec, led 800 men to relieve Fort Schuyler, and was wounded twice. His later life included command in Philadelphia and a marriage to a Tory daughter.
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Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Lexington
Cambridge
Fort Thombroga
Quebec
Valiaatly
Fort Schuyler
Staowis
Burgoyne
Agale
Philadelphia
Tory
Arnold as Traitor Sparked Patriotism in West Point Monument
A Boston Herald summary recalls Benedict Arnold's treachery and its enduring moral, noting an empty niche for Arnold beside Gates Schuyler and Morgan at the Schuylerville monument. It recounts Saratoga commemorations and 1777 wartime orders on uniforms and discipline at West Point, including cautions about fraternizing, discipline near Cambridge, and a Montague-signed court-martial entry.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
West Point
Arnold
Saratoga
Schuylerville
N. Y
Gates
Schuyler
Morgan
Remmains
Wberry
Pathfinder Magazine
Continental Congress
Cambridge
Montague
Benedict Arnold
Quebec
Boston Herald
Pulaski Death Place Controversy Baffles Historians
The October 11 1779 death of Count Casimir Pulaski during the Savannah engagement sparks two differing accounts. One claims he died aboard the US brig Wasp after a leg wound, later buried at sea by Colonel Bentalou. The other says he died in Greenwich and was buried in a private yard, with ashes later moved to a Savannah monument.
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Count Pulaski
Savannah
Pulaski
United States
Wasp
Bentalou
Greenwich
Detroit News
A Sticking to the Details In Cobb’s Odd Tale
Ervin S Cobb recounts a district attorney presented tale from a grand jury in which a Polish witness describes a married man plotting to murder his wife during a boat trip. The witness tells how betrayal, a planned killing, and a violent assault on him led to his near-drowning and hospital care. The jury member questions the man about whether the defendant had a license to fish.
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Defendum
Poland
Wiress
Uhlg Tian
Housewife in Favor of Concrete Floors
A housewife argues for concrete floors in homes noting their fire resistance healthfulness and warmth above heated basements. She cites cleanliness nonabsorbent qualities lack of squeaks or vibrations and soundproofing plus options to stain wax enamel and even Dutch tile for a vivid look.
Notice of administration for J Atwood Todd estate
The subscriber in Caroline County Maryland has letters of administration from the Orphans Court for the personal estate of J Atwood Todd late of Caroline County deceased. All creditors must exhibit claims with vouchers by January 18 1920 or be excluded from benefits of the estate. Debtors must settle promptly. Given under my hand June 21 1929.
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Orphans’ Court
Maryland
J. Atwood Todd
Court House
W.S. Rutter
Cont
Church Hill
Goldsboro
Long Marsh Ditch
State Roads Commission
Garrett Building
Baltimore
Commission
State Rosia Commission
General Assembly of Maryland
G. Clinton
Jeffersons Signature in Georgia Archives Rediscovered
Historian Ruth Blair holds the only known original Thomas Jefferson signature in Georgia archives. Leonard B. Gerrick of Grand Rapids says his father, a surgeon in Sherman’s army, took them during Union occupation of Atlanta in the Civil War and later returned the documents.
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Jefferson
Georgia
Thomas Jefferson
Ruth Blair
Leonard B. Gerrick
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sherman
Atlanta
Flat Roof Styles Favor Warm Climates Over North
The article discusses how flat roofs suit the West and Southwest due to low dew and few insects, while northern locations may not accommodate them. It notes opinions that deep snow could reduce fuel use in cold climates and lists architectural features such as terraced roofs, various pitches, entrances, porches, terraces, vases, and garden furniture as elements that add architectural variation.
Sage counsel on religious and political tolerance
Jefferson warns against political intolerance after banishing religious intolerance. Dumfries resident Robert Buros vents dying wish to be remembered beyond today. The debt plagued poet Burns’ legacy, with a single sold copy of early poems funding his life.
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Jefferson
Thomasa Jefferson
Robert Buros
Dumfries
Jean
Mahogany Declares Growth as Top Furniture Wood
The text notes mahogany has been a leading furniture wood since the early 1700s, praised for beauty hardness and durability. It cites a 1605 shipboard sighting by a carpenter on Sir Walter Raleigh’s voyage, and says cabinet makers valued its carving ease and workability versus oak and walnut. Most mahogany comes from Cuba Mexico and Central America, though it originates in Africa.
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Walter Raleigh
Africa
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Central America
Ancient Utica in Africa near Tunis explored in ruins
Archaeologists describe Utica, an ancient Phoenician city on the northwestern gulf of Tunis, about 20 miles from Tunis. Tradition places its founding around 1100 B C with a role in Punic wars, later Roman submission, and Arab destruction in the seventh century. Excavations uncover a ruling amphitheater seating 20,000.
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Utica
Africa
Gulf of Tunis
Tunis
Rome
Red Lake Water Turns Blood Red Near Maricopa Calif
Fifteen miles south of Maricopa California a small lake reportedly shifts color from clear to red. Scientists attribute the reddening to a minute plant similar to diatoms, the same algae responsible for the Red Sea, explaining the superstition tied to biblical times.
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Maricopa
Calif
Red Sea
Hard to Eradicate Latent Suggestions of Witchcraft
A fragment notes suggests that superstition lingers in even simple acts like sneezing. People respond with "Gesundheit" to ward off illness and knock on wood to frighten the devil, illustrating enduring beliefs in witchcraft and protective rituals.
Fear and Worry in the Race Attributed to American Magazine
A quotation from American Magazine argues fear and worry are unnecessary and debilitating. It frames anxiety as a historic burden and praises clear thinking and audacious souls for rising above it.
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American Magazine
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