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Thursday, March 09, 2023
Unabashed Gossip from William North
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On 9 Mar 1784, the former Continental Army officer William North (1755–1836, shown here) wrote a catty letter to his close friend Benjamin...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022
“Never acquaint any person with that place where I shall be buried”
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In his last last will and testament, Gen. Frederick William de Steuben wrote: I do hereby declare that those legacies to my servants are on ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
The Last Years of Baron de Steuben
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When we left the retired general Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , usually then known as Baron de Steuben, his first postwar housemates had ...
Monday, July 30, 2018
Steuben, Walker, and North (and Fairlie)
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For the last few days I’ve been discussing statements about Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ’s sexuality made in this comic published by...
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