by Bob | Oct 18, 2022 | Hidden History
Hamilton Grave I tracked down his grave while doing research for a book, The Jefferson Allegiance, which has as the premise that Hamilton and Jefferson brokered a secret agreement to stop an imperial Presidency that they felt wasn’t covered under the power of the...
by Bob | Sep 27, 2022 | Hidden History
New York Little Black Book NEW YORK CITY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK Today is publication day! It’s in Kindle Unlimited so feel free to thumb through and check out all this interesting stuff about the city. To give you an idea of what’s in it, below are...
by Bob | Sep 6, 2022 | Hidden History, Uncategorized
Prison ships in New York Harbor. More American soldiers and sailors died in prison ships (primarily Wallabout Bay in the East River, now Fort Greene Park) than in all the battles of the Revolution combined: over 11,500. The conditions on these ships were appalling and...
by Bob | Aug 26, 2022 | Hidden History
Freedomland Part of the history of the north-east Bronx, but more recently, was the short lived amusement park, Freedomland. It was a theme park built in 1960 in the northeast Bronx where Coop City now stands. My parents moved from a walk up in the South Bronx to a...
by Bob | Aug 23, 2022 | Hidden History
The Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776. We lost. George Washington, fresh from his victory pushing the British out of Boston, came south, knowing that the British wanted New York’s large harbor. He settled in for the defense. The British fleet arrived and...
by Bob | Mar 13, 2022 | Hidden History
George Washington On the Ides of March, 1783 George Washington gives a dramatic speech, halting a coup by his officers against Congress and saving the fledgling United States. The bulk of the Army was encamped in Newburgh, New York. Things were relatively peaceful as...
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