In 1793, President George Washington spent a night in Womelsdorf. A rare account of the visit is preserved in the diary of Col. Samuel Dewees, a local militia leader who greeted the president. J.

It was a hair-raising historical discovery. A shabby, leather-bound almanac from 1793 sat long forgotten on a shelf at Union College’s library in upstate Schenectady — until an ­archivist surveying ...

V. 1. The forge of experience (1732-1775) -- v. 2. In the American Revolution (1775-1783) -- v. 3. And the New Nation (1783-1793) -- v. 4. Anguish and farewell (1793-1799). I. Philosophic shades.

TUPELO — Mitch Caver is a firm believer that history belongs in the hands of those who lived it. The Baldwyn resident recently had a hand in returning a long-lost 1793 George Washington Peace Medal to ...

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