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official partner of the Premier League. I'm Mary Catherine, and I'm celebrating America 250 by reading

primary documents written for or by the founders for as many days of the year as I can. Thanks for joining

me for this mini episode of Getting Hammered. Today in 1776, a plan for attacking Boston from

Washington's top generals. You'll remember his work rejected an ambitious amphibious assault,

say that three times fast, on the city in mid-February, opting to try to take Dorchester Heights

instead.

The siege has lasted 10 months. The Continental Army is hurting. Something has to change the game.

The arrival in January of Colonel Henry Knox with 59 cannons from Fort Taekondroga, a 300-mile

journey transporting 60 tons of artillery across frozen rivers and through wilderness. Amazing.

Means firepower to take on British General Howell if they can get those cannons up to the high ground.

But what if Britain attacks, Dorchester Heights? This is a contingency plan for that attack,

with sophisticated signals and troop movements, courtesy of generals Israel Putnam, John Sullivan, Nathaniel Green, and Horatio Gates.

This plan was written between February 18th and 25th, 1776.

In obedience to Your Excellency's orders, we have considered the matters referred to us, and beg leave to recommend the following signals to be given from Roxburgh.

It was a meeting house. In case of any

movement of the enemy to distress our people at Dorchester Hill. Signal in case the enemy begin to

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