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Title |
Sons of Liberty Minutes |
Object Name |
Records |
Dates of Creation |
1813 - 1814 |
Scope & Content |
Minutes of the Sons of Liberty of Bennington, Vermont between 1813 and 1814. The minutes include discussions of various political topics including whether or not America should invest in a naval force rather than a military force and the positions taken by members at the meeting. Further included are drafted addresses to the Ladies of Bennington for donations of socks and mittens for the use of the Northern Army. Members of the organization included William Haswell, Hiram and Henry Harwood, Hiland Hall, Moses Sage, and Martin Scott among others. |
Administrative/Biographical History |
The Sons of Liberty was a group of young men in Bennington who named themselves after the famous Revolutionary War group. They were formed in September of 1813, during the War of 1812 when patriotic fervor was at a high. The group appears to have been mostly social in nature and meetings included debates and addresses on various subjects. The most concrete accomplishment was a successful sock and mitten drive in which they solicited local women to knit socks and mittens for soldiers. The group continued to meet through 1816 but interest steadily waned. |
Related People |
Scott, Martin Harwood, Hiram (1788-1839) Harwood, Henry Hall, Hiland (1795-1885) Sage, Moses Haswell, William (1790-1854) |
Search Terms |
United States--History--War of 1812. |
Credit line |
Gift of the estate of George W. Robinson |
Catalog Number |
2012.187 |