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...
Big lawyer bill for GW's Custis Estate Nov 1759
There's always a gatekeeper to your money. Think your bank. Their's always an intermediary. In this case there had to be one. This was...
The ups and downs of William Peachey
As we cover 1759 in this year of 2023, we run into a plea by William Peachey on 28 Nov 1759 and then on 4 Dec 1759 to pay his troops a...
Same as it is today -- a sellout Peace coming? 24 Nov 1759
Ben Franklin is still in England. He writes a sarcastic anticipation of a sell out peace published in the press 25 Nov 1759. Here are...
Lyttelton's Expedition mid to end of Nov 1759
South Carolina Governor Lyttelton was appointed on 14 Nov 1759 to be Governor of the empire's most profitable colony Jamaica. He was...
