Hungry Soldiers – An American Tradition?
Sam watched a log slowly break into a dozen chunks of bright orange. He let out a deep breath. “I don’t see how we can defeat the ...
07 March, 2021
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The Pen of Paine
“Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” John Adams January 10, 1776. A political pamphlet, f...
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The voyage of a slave ship – by the numbers.
“With the help of God, we are undertaking to go from Vannes, whence we were outfitted, to the coast of Guinea in the ship Diligent belonging to the ...
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Tom Paine’s Bones
Poor old Tom Paine! there he lies: Nobody laughs and nobody cries Where he’s gone or how he fares Nobody knows and nobody cares. Two hundred and ele...
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March 17, 1776 – The British Evacuate Boston
In the early months of 1776, George Washington, whose Continental forces had surrounded the British in occupied Boston for almost ...
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Book-making in the middle ages
Part II – Leather If toiling all day in a paper mill sounds like a nasty, smelly job, working as a leather worker, or ‘tanne...
10 March, 2020
