Revolutionary Era Letters Reveal Powder Plot and Privateers
The Yale collection highlights a 1774 letter urging Connecticut to fund 400 barrels of powder, plus notes on New London privateering vessels Alfred Columbus Andrea Doria Cabot, Hopkins, Shaw, and supply routes during the American Revolution era. It details troop movements near Boston, colonial communication limits, and a 1781 house fire linked to British raids. The exhibit includes Hopkins letters, colonial privateering, and a 1777 Washington visit in New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Ivaw
New London
Yale
Connecticut
Peter Vardevoort
New York
Boston
Hopkins
Congress
Alfred
Columbus
Andrea Doria
Cabot
Chereral Washington
Bostom
Washington
Shaw
Manoston
Infant Swallows Cogwheel Doctor Saves His Life
Three year old Roland Westerook of Waverly Virginia inhaled a cogwheel hole during play and survived twenty four hours before Dr Chevalier Jackson removed the wheel with a bronchoscope at the University of Pennsylvania clinic. The incident occurred in Concord New Hampshire with General Franz Battles noting the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelph
Roland Westerook
W. C Westerook
Waverly
Chevalier Jackson
University of Pennsylvania
Roland Ru
Justice G A R Receives First Fee for Marriage Ceremony
The article notes G A R, long serving as justice without pay, collecting his first fee a quarter for a marriage ceremony performed months ago. It also mentions statistics on shoe size of an American woman and lists seven men in the United States with incomes of 5,000,008 dollars or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G A. R
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
ALE Library
Mew Haven
Conn
New
West River
Beechour
U.S
Albertas
Conry
Cleveland ST
Harwood
Cleveland Sts
Damm
Bastians Grocery
Midiie Ave
Brown Bros
Ltd
Conry’s
Alifornia Fruit Store
Broad St
Bilow’s
Broad St. Kale’s
Middle (Ve. Haury and Bauer
East River & Malik’s
Blaine St. Sehou’s
East Ave. Sharp's
West Ave. Lodi St
Damm’s Quality Bakery
Broad Street
Oliver Cromwell
Vanderport
Great Britain
Leicester
Atica
Robert Watchorn
Bso
England
Alfreton
Derbyshire
Watchorn
W. Musson Kelly
Clcowson
Furnace Street
Welkshire
Astrakan
Heinz
Tiesue
Paper
Moss Rose
Fanes Prunes
New Perth
GM Ra’s
Beechant
Wheley’s
Jack Frost
Bethesda
CARES
Dolly Brown
Orange Juice, Kroger’s, Pt
Jug
Campbell's
Country Club
Advertised Foods
del Monte
Seane
Sauerkraut
Rose
P. & G. Soap
Fegex Health Candy Yeast
Caxes
Carton Zoc
Concord
Franz Battles
New Hampshire
Kahn & Anderson
Elyria
Fisher Bros
A& P
Ohio
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!