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And so on October 6th, after the fire had taken place, Washington confides his thoughts a little bit more

privately about the fire.

And he says, oh, you know, by the way, I forgot to mention this, but Providence or some good

honest fellow, in other words, God or some good honest fellow, in other words God or some good honest fellow,

did what Congress wouldn't let me do, which is they burn New York City.

And then he kind of shakes his fist and says, however, enough of it still remains

to answer the British agenda.

Hello and welcome to episode

Hello and welcome to episode 395 of Ben Franklin's world

the podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of

our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in and I'm your host, have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Covert.

When we think about the American Revolution,

our textbooks, books, and historic sites

have trained most of us to think about the American

triumphs in battles, battles like Princeton and Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

Or they've trained us to think about moments when the American Revolutionaries overcame moments of despair when all hope seemed loss to triumph in the cause for independence as they did during the hard winters of Valley Forge and Jockey Hollow.

Benjamin Karp will help us view the American Revolution differently.

Using details from his book, The Great New York Fire of 1776,

a lost story of the American Revolution.

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