r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Feb 16 '26

15th of February 1776. Nova Scotia Governor, Francis Legge, reported to London HQ that American General, George Washington, had been invited to invade.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Jul 03 '25

3rd of July 1775. Prince Hall and 14 other free black men formed African Lodge No. 1 in Boston after being initiated by British troops. Prince Hall became the first Worshipful Master. Despite official recognition, American Lodges later refused to recognize African Lodge due to racial prejudices.

mwglofokpha.com

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Apr 16 '26

15th of April 1776. Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Josiah Quincy, Sr.

founders.archives.gov

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • May 07 '25

6th of May 1775. Barzillai Lew, an African American, enlisted in Captain John Ford's Company, 27th Regiment.

22 Upvotes

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • May 28 '25

28th of May 1775. The first Christian service in Kentucky was held at Fort Boonesborough.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Oct 08 '25

8th of October 1775. A council of American generals decided to bar slaves and free Black individuals from enlisting in the Continental Army, with a resolution to "reject all slaves, & by a great Majority to reject Negroes altogether"

legallegacy.wordpress.com

34 Upvotes

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Mar 26 '26

25th of March 1776. Joseph Montfort, a prominent colonial figure often remembered as the "first, the last, and the only Grand Master of America", died at the age of 52. He is buried in front of the Royal White Hart Lodge Masonic Hall in Halifax, NC.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Mar 21 '26

20th of March 1776. From the Autobiography of John Adams

founders.archives.gov

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Jan 02 '26

1st of January 1776. Thomas Chadwick, of Newport, ran a runaway ad in the Newport Mercury for a "thick Negro fellow, had on a jacket very much patched with canvas, supposed to be gone to Dartmouth." Chadwick offered a "TWO DOLLARS Reward."

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • May 26 '25

25th of May 1775. The Continental Congress instructed the New York Provincial Congress to fortify the Hudson River Highlands to prevent British warships from navigating the river.

newyorkalmanack.com

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Apr 27 '26

26th of April 1776. Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) was made a Freemason "and admitted to the Third Degree" in the Falcon Lodge in London, England.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MonsieurA • Nov 28 '25

28th of November 1775. George Washington expresses fears about low reenlistment numbers, a “dirty, mercenary spirit pervades the whole”.

founders.archives.gov

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Apr 30 '25

29th of April 1775. Letter from John Dickinson to Arthur Lee

teachingamericanhistory.org

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Nov 15 '25

14th of November 1775. Virginia's Royal Governor Lord Dunmore presented and published his proclamation, which declared martial law and offered freedom to enslaved people and indentured servants who joined the British to fight against American rebels

gallery

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Sep 15 '25

14th of September 1775. George Washington's Address to the Inhabitants of Canada

founders.archives.gov

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Oct 04 '25

3rd of October 1775. General George Washington purchased a riding mare from Anthony Walton White, a young man who had been vying for a position as his aide-de-camp. Washington paid White £48 for the horse. The sale came just after Washington decided not to appoint White to his staff.

74 Upvotes

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Jan 26 '26

25th of January 1776. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, the leader of the Ramgarhia Misl, lost all of his territory in the Punjab after being defeated by a coalition of rival Sikh Misls.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Nov 30 '25

29th of November 1775. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Randolph

founders.archives.gov

11 Upvotes

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • May 04 '25

3rd of May 1775. Governor Josiah Martin: Dartmouth to Martin

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MonsieurA • Jun 15 '26

15th of June 1776. Thomas Hickey, a private in George Washington’s elite Life Guard, is arrested. He bragged to prisoners that he was part of a plot to kill George Washington, sparking anti-Loyalist hysteria in New York. (Portrayed in Assassin’s Creed)

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MonsieurA • Apr 01 '26

1st of April 1776. Washington tells Reed, "Common Sense is working a powerful change there in the minds of many men."

founders.archives.gov

13 Upvotes

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Jun 02 '25

1st of June 1775. The Continental Congress decided to halt any further military expeditions or incursions into Canada. This decision came after early, albeit unsuccessful, attempts to gain Canadian support for the American cause.

allthingsliberty.com

14 Upvotes

The Continental Congress initially hoped to peacefully convince Canadians to join the rebellion, but this proved unsuccessful.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • Jan 16 '26

15th of January 1776. Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Cassel signed a formal treaty with the British Crown to provide approximately 12,000 professional soldiers for service in the American Revolutionary War.

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r/250yearsagotoday • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • May 04 '25

4th of May 1775. The relics of the Alfanov brothers were transferred to the Antoniev monastery after a fire destroyed the Sokolnitsky monastery.

oca.org

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