Recent content by Strathmore_and_Kinghorne

Thanks!

Could someone link to the most recent version? Ta, S+K

Does anyone here do requests or commissions? I'd really like a coat of arms doing for a group I'm a part of here in Florence. If so, PM me for details? Many Thanks, S+K

This awesome... I think I might be trying to bring reconciliation about quicker than possible - possibly inconceivably quick - however, as mentioned, I should like to have the war over as quick as possible, so that I can then explore what the resulting country looks like. I have a question...

Part 2: Sun, 5th January, 1777 – Generals Sullivan and Greene withdraw the remaining American force to Bristol. Greene takes command. Captain Leslie sends his letter to his father, having met with Dr Benjamin Rush to negotiate the return of the bodies of Washington and Mercer. Tue, 7th...

Would that take a more drawn out war, though? I'm looking to get the peace talks and reconciliation on as soon as possible...

Primary Sources ATL So, my plan is to write a series of letters and military reports to go alongside the TL. This is the first, from Capt. Leslie of the 17th, who I think may become someone to use quite often.

I'm glad you like it, and no, an outright British victory is not anything I'm interested in, if that's what you mean. I am hoping to reconcile the colonies with Britain in such a dominion manner as you have described.

I'll certainly look into it, yes.

A timeline to kick this off Thurs, 26th December, 1776 – Washington catches Johann Rahl’s Hessians, killing 22, and capturing the remainder. Rahl loses his life in this action. Mon, 30th December, 1776 – General Howe’s damning report of the Battle of Trenton, indicating that he believed the...

Really? I'd always thought it kicked of in the mid '80s.... oh.

I've been reading into Lord North after you mentioned how he and Germain were (besides Georgie 3) the worst stumbling blocks for the British interests; it seems that North repeatedly looked for excuses to resign. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, a job that North really does not seem to have...

Thanks - Is it conceivable for the news of the loss at Trenton to reach London long before news of a victory at Princeton? Say if the first report made it in time for one ship, and the next missed it?

The issue seems to me to be the Tory government - Had the Whigs been in power things would not have made it this far, I don't believe, except for the problem of George III's obstinacy. On a related note - how quickly could news spread from America to London?

Firstly, I'm not suggesting North resign after Saratoga - we might not have Saratoga occur the same, or at all. I'm asking whether we might find another reason for him to want to resign, at some point in the first months of '77. Secondly, if the British win at Princeton, they have NY and NJ...