Showing posts with label Loyalist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Loyalist. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2026

Saturday, June 22, 1901. Mixed loyalties.

Gregorio Cortez, betrayed by a friend, was captured without incident, near Laredo, Texas.  the friend, Jesus Gonzalez, received a $1,000 reward.

A monument was placed on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls to Laura Second, an American born immigrant to Canada who traveled twenty miles to warn the British of an impending American attack.

Contrary to what Americans generally imagine, many Americans retained strong British loyalties in the 1810s and quite a few were sympathetic to the British cause.

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Friday, June 21, 1901. The first governor of the Philippines.



Monday, January 13, 2025

Friday, January 13, 1775. Governor Franklin urges New Jersey to remain loyal.

Royal Governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, appeared in front of the New Jersey Legislature and urged the body to remain loyal to the Crown.

Governor Franklin was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin.  It is not clear who his mother was, and he was raised by his father and his father's "common law wife" Deborah Read.  He'd remain loyal to the Crown for the remainder of his life.

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Thursday, January 12, 1775. Sliding towards and preparing for war.