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Back to Search#Todayin1776: Adams Says Everyone Needs To Be Making Gunpowder
On Feb. 23, 1776, John Adams offered resolutions in the Continental Congress with the intent of boosting domestic production of saltpeter, a main ing…
8 months ago
#Todayin1776: Poor Landon Carter's Mom Embarrasses Him in Front of George Washingon
I chuckled at this, from planter and pamphleteer Landon Carter's diary and letters, which describe his very critical thoughts on "Common Sense" and h…
8 months, 1 week ago
#Todayin1776: Ben Franklin Talking About "Common Sense"
On Feb. 19, 1776, Ben Franklin wrote to Gen. Charles Lee, an admirer of Thomas Paine's to connect the two. Just a month after its publication, Paine'…
8 months, 1 week ago
#Todayin1776: John Adams Writes To Abigail About "Common Sense"
On Feb. 18, 1776, John Adams writes to Abigail and confides in her about a delicate diplomatic mission to Canada. He throws a little shade at the Cat…
8 months, 1 week ago
AOC Takes the Stage and Curlers Cheat!
In this episode, Mary Katharine Hamm and Vic Matus discuss sexual harassment training and AOC, and somewhat surprisingly, the two are not related. Th…
8 months, 1 week ago
#Todayin1776: Congress Debates Trade With Other Countries
Written in John Adams' hand, these notes from the Continental Congress catalogue the debate over whether to do trade with foreign entities. The colon…
8 months, 1 week ago
#Todayin1776: Washington's War Council Makes a Fateful Decision
At a meeting of his war councilF eb, 16, 1776,, George Washingon suggests a complex, amphibious assault on Boston on frozen waterways, but the counc…
8 months, 1 week ago
#Todayin1776: Gunpowder, Protecting NYC, and Punctuality at the Continental Congress
On Feb. 12, 1776, the journals of the Continental Congress reveal that Major Gen. Lee is very worried about New York and that troops should be sent f…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
#Todayin1776: John Adams Writes to Abigail on His Travels and Travails
n February of 1776, John Adams has taken one of many hard trips from Braintree, Mass. to Philadelphia to rejoin the Continental Congress. In this sho…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Myth of the Moderate Dem & Super Bowl Gab
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8 months, 2 weeks ago