Event:
1776 Samuel Ward dies. As a member of the Continental Congress from Rhode Island, he dies while attending congress from smallpox. His great-granddaughter, Julia Ward Howe, will write the words for the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”.
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For a Spiral Bound book with information on events that happened on each day of the year during the American Revolutionary Period click: American Revolutionary Period: 1760-1789
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