On This Day In 1776, Congress Backed Washington As Britain Again Refused To Call Him General

It was Wednesday, July 17, 1776. George Washington had just sent about 500 Connecticut horsemen home. British vessels were probing the Hudson, and a second letter had arrived from the enemy under a flag of truce. Once again, a British commander addressed him as “George Washington Esquire,” not by the military rank Congress had given […]

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