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 Expediton II - in an enchanted, dangerous forest
If ever you've been in the woods alone for a good length of time when out of the mist materializes a large doe jumping almost at you, and...
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...
Bryan Fairfax marries in 1759, later the 8th Lord Fairfax
Geoge Washington was much closer to the other Fairfaxes than he ever was to Lord Fairfax. He had a benefactor in a very important Fairfax...
London's Promises to Virginia 12 Dec 1759
On 12 Dec 1759 , Abercrombie had sent letters to Virginia advising he and Lord Loudoun are working on getting Virginia paid as promised...
Kitty Fisher, Keppel, Braddock, Joshua Reynolds Dec 1759
They all knew Kitty. What also connects them all? A painting. Joshua Reynolds painted the first portrait of Kitty Fisher in 1759, the...
Stanwix names Fort Pitt in Nov 1759
John Stanwix is the one who names this new big fortress, "Fort Pitt" on 20 Nov 1759. Proof of this claim is found in a letter: Gen. John...
