The earliest-known map of the initial battles of the American Revolution
The earliest-known map of the initial battles of the American Revolution, rendered by a Bostonian living in London, combined the action of April, May, and June 1775: Lexington and Concord, the Siege of Boston, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Photograph by Rythum Vinoben for The Atlantic. Document Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library.
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Historical document featuring Benjamin Franklin's letter to his son William Franklin

Illustrations by Maggie O’Keefe

How the Revolution tore apart William and Benjamin Franklin