On this day in 1777, a duel took place between Button Gwinnett, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia, and Lachlan McIntosh, a political rival. The duel took place due to a dispute between the two men over a military command. Gwinnett was wounded and later died. McIntosh was wounded and survived. Please click on the link below to read more about the only signer of the Declaration to die as the result of a duel.

On this day in 1774, Paul Revere went on another ride. He did that quite often. As a member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence, he rode South from Boston to urge other colonies to boycott trade with Britain and the West Indies following Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts. He rode from Boston to New York, Philadelphia, and Hartford, letting them know about the restrictions placed upon Boston by England. Please click on the link below to learn more about Paul Revere’s other rides!