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Sunday, August 27, 2017
John Adams’s First Visit to Princeton
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On 27 Aug 1775, John Adams visited the College of New Jersey in Princeton . He arrived in town about noon, checking into Jacob Hyer’s tav...
Monday, August 21, 2017
Dr. Joshua Frost’s Calculation of an Eclipse
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While exploring the fictionalized account of the early military career of Jacob Frost , I mentioned his younger brother, Dr. Joshua Frost . ...
Monday, May 15, 2017
The Rittenhouse Orreries
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On 5 May 1768, the Pennsylvania Gazette ran an article headlined, “A Description of a new ORRERY, planned, and now nearly finished, by Mr...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
The Fame of the Virginia Riflemen
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As I discussed at an event last week, the Continental Congress voted to raise rifle companies for the Continental Army in June 1775 even ...
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Lectures on Washington in Washington, 19 and 23 Feb.
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The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati is sponsoring a couple of free programs at the Anderson House library ...
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