Sardonic Reasons for Giving Back Canada 27 Dec 1759
Ben Franklin, almost aged 53 is still in England. He anticipated a sell out peace under King George II. But the real sell out did not...
Lyttelton's Treaty with the Cherokees 26 Dec 1759 - Part IV
The treaty stipulated on 26 Dec 1759, among other things, that 24 “murderers,” Cherokees accused of revenge killings of white settlers,...
Christmas 1753-1759
No diary by George Washington appears for 1759. That was a year of settling in. It was the first year of George Washington's marriage to...
Voltaire publishes Candide in 1759 and our Admiral Byng is in it
This fantastical novella was published in English in the same year of 1759 it got printed in French. Candide's visit at Portsmouth...
Alexander Hamilton at 4 years old
Because we look at anything connected to Fort Loudoun and Virginia as well as George Washington during these French and Indian War years,...
Lyttelton's Expediton Part III - the salute or salute? at Keowee
This Keowee town sat on cliffs high above Fort Prince George. Nowadays the Fort's site sits below the water in a Reservoir created in...
Lyttelton's Expedition part I - Little Carpenter can just cry
Through December 2023 we will tell you of the last month's moments of Lyttelton's Expedition of Dec 1759, moments that touched the hearts...