Raise the Militia
Posted on December 7, 2011 by James RileyReprinted from the New Hampshire Gazette, July 5, 1771 As no nation or people can be secure from their enemies and preserve their independency without the military art, it must give great pleasure to every friend to his country, and the British nation, to see the present revival of military discipline in this and the neighboring colonies. […]Continue Reading »
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It’s All Happened Before..
Posted on November 27, 2011 by James RileyDecember, 1770: New Hampshire hears the final word on the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. They are largely acquitted of the crime. January 1771 Governor Wentworth publishes reward for turning in deserted sailors, (40 shillings a piece) January 11, 1771: in Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1000 men show up for a militia muster. January 11, […]Continue Reading »
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