December 6, 1767 Dear Brother, I must inform you of the melancholy death of my Brother John. He was crossing from Fort George (Fort William Henry) the 25th of November with Hall. They set out from Fort George at 12 o’clock and encountered a fierce wind until they got above the narrows (Lake George) when […]
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Elizabeth Stoughton, born 27 November 1766, was the daughter of John and Ruth Belden Stoughton. Her father, John, was a Lieutenant in one of King George III’s colonial “Independent Companies of Foot” during the French and Indian War. Shortly after the beginning of this war the British king, to increase the numbers of his troops,
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The month of March has been designated as national “Women’s History Month.” This year the Ticonderoga Historical Society continues a four-year commemoration commitment to make aware and inform this generation, through program and events, the many decades of women’s struggle for rights and suffrage. With this in mind, we share Ruth’s story: Ruth L. Wood,
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6 Moses Circle, Ticonderoga, NY The original Hancock House was constructed on Beacon Hill in Boston between 1737 and 1741 by Thomas Hancock and latter occupied by his nephew, John Hancock. Despite a lengthy public debate favoring its preservation, the house was demolished in 1863. Fortunately, before its demolition, John Hubbard Sturgis, a Boston
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In 1927 Horace A. Moses, Ticonderoga’s most prolific early twentieth century benefactor, gifted to the people of this town its Community Building. The structure was designed to meet the community’s needs, as well as being a very public and visual presence in recognition of Ticonderoga’s historical, industrial and cultural heritage. To further the building’s position
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