SAR William C. Corum Chapter - Liberty, MO

SAR William C. Corum Chapter - Liberty, MO Sons of the American Revolution The William C. Corum Chapter is the local member organization of the Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

06/13/2026

June 13, 1776
Washington confronts danger on two invisible fronts: alliance and intelligence. From New York, he writes to John Hancock and to Philip Schuyler about reports involving the Six Nations. Rather than wait for Congress, Washington directs Schuyler to begin treaty talks immediately to secure Native support before the British.

Richard Henry Lee, a Virginia delegate, warns Washington that letters may have been secretly removed from Virginia post offices, shown to Lord Dunmore—Virginia’s royal governor—and then returned.

06/11/2026

June 11, 1776
John Hancock writes Washington that he has received yesterday’s letter and laid it before Congress. Washington’s warning about New York is alarming. To hasten its defense, Hancock sends expresses to those colonies ordered to supply militia.

Meanwhile, Congress appoints members to the committee proposed yesterday: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston are to draft a Declaration of Independence.

06/10/2026

June 10, 1776
Washington is in New York, fearing danger inside the city as much as outside it. He writes to John Hancock that William Tryon, the royal governor of New York, is encouraging the disaffected, suggesting New York may face “internal, as well as external enemies.”

John Parke Custis, Washington’s stepson, writes with relief that Martha Washington has recovered well from smallpox inoculation. Hancock writes from Philadelphia that Martha is “in fine Spirits” and hopes to journey to New York next week.

06/09/2026

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.

06/08/2026

June 8, 1776
Washington writes to John Hancock with a multitude of concerns. He hears that the troops at Boston are “extremely uneasy and almost mutinous” because months of pay are due, and he asks whether money should be sent from New York or handled by someone appointed at Boston.

He also asks who is to establish express riders between the Continental posts. Confused reports from Canada show him that the army needs a reliable channel for intelligence.

06/07/2026

June 7, 1776
Washington is back in New York, but Canada weighs heavily. From Canada, John Sullivan begs that Washington, or Charles Lee, come north to command. Sullivan believes Washington’s arrival would make Canada “ours.”

In Philadelphia, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee moves that the United Colonies “are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” John Adams, a Massachusetts delegate, seconds it. Congress delays, but independence is now formally before it.

06/06/2026

June 6, 1776
Washington arrives in New York City around 1 p.m., after two weeks in Philadelphia with Congress. He dines at Samuel Fraunces’s Queen’s Head Tavern, known today as Fraunces Tavern.

Washington resumes command amid urgent defensive work. Today’s orders call for spears, additional arms, and picket-cutting parties. The message is clear: The city is the key point between New England, the Hudson, Canada, and the middle colonies.

06/05/2026

June 5, 1776
Washington is on the road from Philadelphia to New York, returning from consultations with Congress. In New York, rumors swirl that he has gone to Philadelphia to resign, but the truth is the opposite: He is hurrying back to resume command of the army.

To the south, the war is gathering force. Commodore Sir Peter Parker, the British naval commander, and Major General Henry Clinton, the British army commander, have arrived off the coast of Charleston—opening a southern theater that may soon test Patriot defenses.

06/04/2026

June 4, 1776
Before departing Philadelphia for New York, Washington writes Burwell Bassett, his brother-in-law, that Martha has undergone smallpox inoculation and is doing well: Her fever has passed, and only “about a dozen” pustules have appeared on the 13th day.

In a letter to John Augustine Washington, his brother, Washington welcomes Virginia’s move toward independence and dismisses hopes of British peace commissioners as deception. He urges careful constitution-making for the future happiness or misery of millions.

06/02/2026

June 2, 1776
Being Sunday, Congress does not meet. Yet, Washington’s cares are many; Martha, inoculated against smallpox just over a week ago, remains in quarantine. During her recovery, she develops a fever and roughly a dozen pustules, signs the inoculation has taken effect but not dangerously.

In New York, Major General Israel Putnam writes an update to Washington: No new ships have appeared in the harbor, and there is “no other news of importance,” though everyone knows the British are coming soon.

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