S8 Ep330: ASSASSINATION PLOTS AND THE MIRACLE OF NEW YORK Colleague Patrick O'Donnell. In 1776, a conspiracy orchestrated by Loyalist Governor Tryon to assassinate George Washington and destroy Patriot gunpowder supplies was uncovered. Thomas Hickey, a member of Wa

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ASSASSINATION PLOTS AND THE MIRACLE OF NEW YORK Colleague Patrick O'Donnell. In 1776, a conspiracy orchestrated by Loyalist Governor Tryon to assassinate George Washington and destroy Patriot gunpowder supplies was uncovered. Thomas Hickey, a member of Washington's own Lifeguard, was implicated and subsequently executed. Later, during the Battle of Long Island, the Continental Army faced destruction, trapped against the East River. In what O'Donnell calls an "American Dunkirk," the Marblehead Regiment utilized their nautical skills to ferry 9,000 troops to safety in Manhattan under the cover of darkness and fog, saving the revolution from collapse. NUMBER 5
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0:52.7	The author, Patrick O'Donnell, his new book, The Indispensibles, the diverse soldier mariners who shaped the country, formed the Navy, and rode Washington
0:55.8	across the Delaware. This is the story of Marblehead, Massachusetts, and its brave self-sacrificing
1:02.7	volunteers during the revolution, which was also a civil war. Their neighbors were loyalists,
1:10.0	and yet they survived the war, fought all the way through.
1:13.7	We are now in 1776.
1:16.8	The Marbleheaders have formed the lifeguard around Washington, in addition to having a Marblehead
1:22.6	regiment with the Continental Army.
1:25.3	Washington has moved his headquarters from the siege of Boston,
1:29.3	the British withdrew, to New York, to Manhattan himself. Washington is going to Manhattan. He's now
1:35.8	headquarters on Pearl Street. He's guarded by the lifeguard led by Caleb Gibbs of Marblehead and others.
1:43.5	And there's an assassination plot.
1:46.3	Patrick, a very good evening to you.
1:48.6	Wonderful, the storytelling, especially the assassination of George Washington,
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