After capturing Philadelphia in 1777, the British spend weeks trying to open the Delaware River so that the navy can supply the occupying army. The Americans spent years installing barriers and forts to make the approach difficult and dangerous.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Pennsylvania Navy: Defending the Delaware 1775-1781, by John W. Jackson.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Ford, Worthington C. Defences of Philadelphia in 1777, Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1897: https://archive.org/details/defencesofphilad00ford
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Episode 150 Howe Leaves New York
Episode 149 Lafayette Comes to America
Episode 148 Murder of Jane McCrea
Episode 147 Kidnapping General Prescott
Episode 146 Battle of Hubbardton
Episode 145 Retreat from Ticonderoga
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Episode 142 Disease and the Revolution
Episode 141 Congress Returns to Philadelphia
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