Rev250-042 Congress Visits Cambridge

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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On October 4, 1774 a Congressional Committee leaves Philadelphia for Cambridge to meet with George Washington and the other Continental Generals. the leaders discuss a range of concerns including whether to allow Indians and Blacks to continue serving in the Continental Army. For more on Congress during this period, check out episode 75 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/12/episode-075-continental-congress-autumn.html 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.
0:04.5	Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.
0:12.6	This is from the American Revolution podcast, just a short bonus episode to remind you about these important anniversaries from the Revolutionary War.
0:21.6	This week, we remember the Continental Congress Committee visit to the Army at Cambridge
0:26.3	in October of 1775.
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1:43.6	In late September 1775, Congress created a three-man
1:47.9	committee consisting of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Lynch, and Benjamin Harrison to travel to Cambridge,
1:54.8	Massachusetts to meet with General Washington and inspect the new Continental Army. The trio left Philadelphia for Cambridge on
2:02.5	October 4th. They would arrive at the Army for inspection in a few weeks. Generally, the review
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