epub |eng | 2015-12-04 | Author:Brianna Hall [Brianna Hall]

More Patriots died on prison ships than were killed in battles. When a Patriot officer approached Burgin about planning a jailbreak, she agreed to help. Each time Burgin boarded the ...

epub |eng | 2022-04-12 | Author:Tim Grove [Grove, Tim]

Rochambeau and Washington were waiting, once again, to hear from a French military official. This time the official was Admiral de Grasse, the naval commander in charge of the large ...

pdf | | 0101-01-01 | Author:Unknown

epub |eng | 2010-11-12 | Author:Pratt, Mara L. [Pratt, Mara L.]

STOCKS AND PILLORY Such punishments would seem unchristian now, but they were very common in those days. The New England people were also very strict regarding the Sabbath. As soon ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-22 | Author:Teri Kanefield

A copy of one of Benjamin Franklin’s letters to Suzy, sent April 28, 1755. The idea evidently worked. Franklin got the word to the various townships and succeeded in gathering ...

epub |eng | 2015-07-17 | Author:Candace Fleming

REVOLUTIONARY MEMORABILIA Those who give up essential liberty to preserve a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1759 The War Before The dispute between England and ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-02 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:James Daugherty

How the Spring Came and How Samoset Came out of the Forest (March 1621) Spring comes slowly to New England, but the March sun rose higher in the south and ...

epub |eng | 2007-11-05 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

Three times Philip had avoided what seemed like certain capture, but he had been driven from his homeland. His original fighting force of approximately 250 warriors was down to 40, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Jim Murphy

George and Martha Washington, along with two young relatives and a servant, at Mount Vernon in Virginia. (THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA) On October 28, Washington climbed aboard a coach ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-03 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick [Philbrick, Nathaniel]

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...

epub |eng | | Author:Joseph Bruchac [Bruchac, Joseph]

15. POCAHONTAS: Corn Although the corn, like all good things, was made by Ahone, it is said that corn was not owned by all the people at first. Those who ...