395 The Great New York Fire of 1776

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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When we think about the American Revolution, textbooks, documentaries, and historic sites have trained most of us to think about American triumphs in battles or events when American revolutionaries overcame moments of despair, when all seemed lost, to triumph in the cause of American independence. Benjamin L. Carp will help us look at the American Revolution differently. The Daniel M. Lyons Chair of History at Brooklyn College, Ben will use details from his book The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution to help us consider the strategic military importance of New York City and its capture by the British Army and how both armies used fire as an instrument of war. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/395 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 113: Building the Empire State 🎧 Episode 123: Revolutionary Allegiances 🎧 Episode 185: Early New York City and Its Culture 🎧 Episode 306: The Horse’s Tail: Revolution & Memory in Early New York City 🎧 Episode 325: Everyday People of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 330: Loyalism in the British Atlantic World 🎧 Episode 332: Experiences of Revolution: Occupied Philadelphia 🎧 Episode 333: Experiences of Revolution: Disruptions in Yorktown REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter👩‍💻 BFW Listener Community🌍 The History Explorers Club LISTEN 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios.
0:09.0	And so on October 6th, after the fire had taken place, Washington confides his thoughts a little bit more
0:15.4	privately about the fire.
0:16.8	And he says, oh, you know, by the way, I forgot to mention this, but Providence or some good
0:20.9	honest fellow, in other words, God or some good honest fellow, in other words God or some good honest fellow,
0:24.0	did what Congress wouldn't let me do, which is they burn New York City.
0:27.7	And then he kind of shakes his fist and says, however, enough of it still remains
0:31.2	to answer the British agenda.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to episode
0:41.0	Hello and welcome to episode 395 of Ben Franklin's world
0:46.0	the podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of
0:50.8	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.
0:54.0	And I'm your host, Liz Covert.
0:57.0	When we think about the American Revolution,
1:00.0	our textbooks, books, and historic sites
1:02.0	have trained most of us to think about the American
1:04.4	triumphs in battles, battles like Princeton and Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown.
1:10.0	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.
1:23.0	Benjamin Karp will help us view the American Revolution differently.
1:27.0	Using details from his book, The Great New York Fire of 1776,
1:31.0	a lost story of the American Revolution.
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