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The Revolution's Impact on Pennsylvania's Pacifist Communities: Part 2 of 2
Following the September, 1777 battle of Brandywine, wounded soldiers were dispersed across southeastern Pennsylvania for treatment, and some ended up at a hospital in the small Moravian town of Lititz, near Lancaster. The Moravians had many settlements in this part … Continue reading
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The Revolution’s Impact on Pennsylvania’s Pacifist Communities Part 1 of 2
Pennsylvania’s founder, William Penn, was a Quaker, and insisted on morality and fairness for his government: fair treatment of Native Americans and religious freedom for all citizens. By the time of the Revolution the colony was 90 years old and … Continue reading
Groundhog Day and the Legend of Ponks Uteney
Before Americans began relying on a local groundhog to predict the weather, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania had a legend attached to it. In 1772, Native Americans converted to Christianity under the tutelage of missionaries from the Church of the United Brethren (known … Continue reading
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McColloch's Leap
“By no means comparable with the feats of a similar character” and “performed an act of daring” and “nay, desperate horsemanship” and “seldom been equaled by man or beast.” All these describe the amazing escape of Major Samuel McColloch in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1774, 1777, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort Henry, Lord Dunmore, Major Samuel McColloch, Native Americans, Patrick Henry, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Virginia, West Virginia, Wheeling
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The Revolution in Richmond: Part 3 of 3
When Benedict Arnold’s troops departed in January, 1781, Richmond had not seen the last of redcoats. That spring British troops returned to the area, occupying Petersburg. Then Lord Charles Cornwallis arrived in the state with a larger British force, having … Continue reading
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Historians from the Past: Lyman Draper
For the last century, everyone studying the frontier in the American Revolution has owed a debt to Lyman C. Draper. Not many people are familiar with him, but he compiled one of the deepest and most extensive collections of original … Continue reading
The Revolution in Richmond: Part 2 of 3
In Part I we learned how the British under General Arnold captured Richmond. In the meantime Governor Thomas Jefferson had fled, along with members of the legislature. The British occupied the town for 24 hours, destroying supplies and wrecking the … Continue reading
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