S8 Ep735: 3. O’Donnell details the Battle of Bunker Hill, emphasizing that the Marbleheaders provided the crucial gunpowder that allowed patriots to repel several British charges. He also discusses the smallpox pandemic, the treacherous role of spy Dr. Benjamin Chu
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
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3. O’Donnell details the Battle of Bunker Hill, emphasizing that the Marbleheaders provided the crucial gunpowder that allowed patriots to repel several Britishcharges. He also discusses the smallpox pandemic, the treacherous role of spy Dr. Benjamin Church, and the violent political divisions affecting local medical professionals. (3)
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| 0:35.9 | I'm John Batchel with Patrick O'Donnell. His book, The Indispensibles, |
| 0:39.6 | the story of the marble headers through the Revolutionary War, also a civil war. And it is now 1775. |
| 0:47.9 | We go to the very famous Bunkers Hill, which is also Breeds Hill Hill in Charlestown, outside of Boston Harbor. |
| 0:57.1 | And what's critical here is not that the Patriots will be overrun by the attacking British |
| 1:02.8 | Redcoats. What's critical is the Marbleheaders' participation and their opinion of their |
| 1:08.3 | fight that day. Patrick, again and again, I'm reminded that the revolution |
| 1:13.3 | was about gunpowder. You've made it very clear that you can have all these intentions |
| 1:18.6 | to live free, but if you can't shoot back, they're going to come to nothing. The gunpowder at |
| 1:24.8 | Bunker Hill, was that provided by the Committee of Supply and Safety? |
| 1:29.5 | Was that Marbleheader gunpowder? |
| 1:32.2 | Yes, it was. |
| 1:34.2 | And in fact, that was the crucial supply. |
| 1:38.3 | There wasn't enough. |
| 1:40.3 | And they were able to repel charge after charge of British charge after charge on the hill, |
| 1:48.1 | and then the powder ran out. |
| 1:50.4 | And it's Samuel Trebitt has a, this is sort of the untold story that's the revealed really for the first time. |
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