Brattleboro, VT
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
William French
Murdered by the Tools of Tyranny
The inscription on William French's gravestone is one of the most explicit political statements of the early Revolutionary era: shot "by the Hands of Cruel Ministerial Tools of Tyranny, In the Courtho...
Modern Voices
The Rainstorm at Windsor
The Vermont Constitution of 1777 was adopted because a rainstorm made the roads impassable. The convention at Windsor was finishing its work when news arrived that Burgoyne was threatening Ticonderoga...
