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On This Day 250 Years Ago

June 9, 1776

Washington’s headquarters hums with dispatches: news from Canada, requests for lead, flints, and medicines. Washington presses Joseph Trumbull, the Continental Army’s commissary general, to rush meat and flour toward Albany, warning shortages will worsen as reinforcements arrive. To John Hancock, Washington again asks Congress to offer more generous terms so soldiers will reenlist for a longer period.Unbeknownst to Washington, the British fleet has begun departing Halifax. Their destination is New York City.

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