Long Island History Archives - 250 and Counting

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  Long Island History Archives - 250 and Counting

  Reacting to Brooklyn–August 23, 1776

  Aug 22, 20262 minS0

  <p >The day after the British landed on Long Island, George Washington was disheartened to learn that army provisioning wasn’t at the level he’d expected, despite his orders only a week earlier. </p> <p >It was bad enough that he’d been caught a little flatfooted by both the magnitude and the direction of the British movement, now he discovers that troops he’d ordered to move had done so without proper provisions. </p> <p >So, he took the time to create new orders regarding army provisioning and ensure that the General Commissary had the manpower to do what it...

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  The Battle Begins–August 20, 1776

  Aug 20, 20262 minS0

  <p >It’s been coming for at least two months, and the Battle of Long Island has finally begun. </p> <p >As we’ve noted a few times the past couple of days, George Washington had to make a few educated guesses about what the British were planning to do, but this left his troops thinly spread throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan, which left the Continental Army at a big disadvantage. </p> <p >While numerous skirmishes have broken out up and down the coast between the British and American militia forces from time to time, this was Washington’s first major tangle...

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  A Fort Grows in Brooklyn–April 10, 1776

  Apr 10, 20262 minS0

  <p >The construction of Fort Defiance in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn made perfect sense. That part of the peninsula sticks out into New York Harbor and provides an excellent view of anything that might be sailing in or out. </p> <p >Red Hook comes from the Dutch Roode Hoek, “hoek” translating to “point”, which can still be seen in modern-day maps. The whole area, what we now call Red Hook and Gowanus, was settled by the Dutch in the 1630s. </p> <p >Red Hook was some swampy land when the Dutch moved in. But the Dutch know something about sw...

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  Preparing To Defend New York–January 7, 1775

  Jan 6, 20262 minS0

  Portrait of Jonathan Trumbull and his wife Faith, painted by his son John Trumbull, 1778. via New York Public Library. <p >There are many letters between George Washington and Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull. Presumably something as simple as proximity to another leader was attractive to both of them, especially in an age where letters took several days to go a hundred miles. </p> <p >We have to presume that the two men had very reliable people transporting these letters, given how much detail is in this one regarding Washington’s guesses about British troop movements and exactly what he was going to...

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  September 23, 1775: Independence Day on Long Island

  Sep 22, 20252 minS0

  <p >For those of you new to this podcast (or those who haven’t been paying attention), I grew up on Long Island, and have lived or worked pretty much from one end of the map in today’s cover art to the other at one time or another. </p> <p >For instance, my childhood home is just about where the Long Island portion of the map ends at the top right.</p> <p >I did my undergrad work approximately where the “H” appears just above Hempstead. I got my graduate degree at a school along that road between Oyster Bay and...

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