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The first battles of the American Revolutionary War were fought at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. These two skirmishes between American Patriots and the British Loyalist ...

by Damien Cregeau 11/15/2023. James Jay managed an invisible ink laboratory in Fishkill, N.Y. to supply Washington and his spies. (Allen County Public Library) Fishkill, New York was arguably the fulcrum of espionage efforts by Patriots in the American Revolution. Fishkill is where Founding Father John Jay coordinated counterintelligence ...

Loyalist was a term used to describe someone who remained loyal to the British crown and British rule. Within the context of the American Revolution, the term Patriot described someone who...

33K views The Battles of New York: Background There was no one battle of New York in the American Revolution. There were several major battles in the state, including the Battle of Long...

George William Henry Thomas (Henry Allen Thomas4, Frances Matilda3, Jonathan2, John1) was born 8 October 1874, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; died 28 March 1912, Fredericton Junction, York, New Brunswick, Canada; married Ina Bessie Nugent, 19 July 1911, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Child of George William Henry and Ina Bessie (Nugent) Thomas:

Quartering Act, (1765), in American colonial history, the British parliamentary provision (actually an amendment to the annual Mutiny Act) requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.

William Martin Armstrong (Mary Elizabeth4, George Martin3, Jonathan2, John1) was born 27 July 1887, Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada; died 30 December 1966, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada; married Fannie Mabel Currey, 18 May 1909, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Children of William Martin and Fannie Mabel (Currey) Armstrong:

William F. J. Boardman Collection of Connecticut Manuscripts, 1661-1835. Published materials. Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776. Records of the State of ...