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Francis Marion, Chapter I

November 17, 1821June 26, 2024William Dobein James1761-06-10 Echoee, 1775-09-15 Fort Johnson, 1776-06-28 Sullivan's Island, 1778-12-29 Savannah, 1779-02-03 Beaufort, 1779-05-03 Tulifinny, 1779-06-20 Stono Ferry, Brigadier General Francis Marion, Francis Marion, Heroes, Native Americans, Revolutionary America

Birth of Gen. Marion. His Ancestry. First Destination of Going to Sea. Voyage to the West Indies and Shipwreck. His settlement in St. John’s, Berkley. Expedition under Governor Lyttleton. A Sketch of the Attack on Fort Moultrie, 1776. And the Campaign of 1779. FRANCIS MARION was born at Winyaw,1 near Georgetown, South Carolina, in the…

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The Art of Virtue

May 3, 1760June 26, 2024Benjamin Franklin5. Letters, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Letters, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol III: London

To Lord Kames My dear Lord, London, May 3. 1760. Your obliging Favour of January 24th. found me greatly indispos’d with an obstinate Cold and Cough accompany’d with Feverish Complaints and Headachs, that lasted long and harass’d me greatly, not being subdu’d at length but by the whole Round of Cupping, Bleeding, Blistering, &c. When…