Happiest Day of the Year
October 21, 1757 That was originally the Battle of Cap-Français. Though the battle was tactically indecisive, the British officers...
BBL - abbreviation for Barrel
Here is an Invoice dated 20 Aug 1757 from Richard Washington at "Loyds Coffee House London," known as Lloyds of London, popularized in a...
The Minister of Eternity
This Minister doesn't show up. He does write a letter to Colonel George Washington admitting he had promised to appear. He had promised...
Ben Franklin sees Stonehenge
Ben Franklin visits Stonehenge, July 1757. Imagine that? According to Founders Online, Ben Franklin does not write of Stonehenge in his...
Belestre was a Gascon?
"Gascon" --- We had one here in town. We had a French prisoner at Fort Loudoun. We actually had more than that come through Winchester VA....
By Jenkins By George
You see this "by Jenkins" phrase often in the letters of the time. . We ran into this again as we trek through 1757. It's time to pause...
Rough Draft - more ways than one
Thomas Jefferson writes how the British created the slavery problem. Now the British are freeing the slaves to fight the "Patriots." This...
Where's Lord Loudoun in July 1757?
Lord Loudoun is up north, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was in Philadelphia in March 1757 taking care of plans for the southern...
Winchester VA and Happy Treason Day
Winchester VA was one of the biggest towns on the Appalachian frontier. It became a military outpost for one reason -- to reduce the...
Longest Battle Fought with Nobody
Next time you drive down Braddock Street in Winchester VA and you drive past the Braddock Cannon on Cork and Braddock, you will think of...
