#newton elkin

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue March 15, 1958

Ultramarine blue three-quarter length coat, by Dan Millstein, in Ascher soufflé in mohair and nylon over a gray-blue dress. Colibri smoked gray stockings, from Franklin Simon. Newton Elkin shoes. White pigskin gloves, by Fownes. Other surprise colors: Pink Violet lipstick, by Elizabeth Arden.

Manteau trois quarts bleu outremer, par Dan Millstein, en soufflé Ascher en mohair et nylon sur une robe gris-bleu. Bas gris fumé Colibri, chez Franklin Simon. Chaussures Newton Elkin. Gants en peau de porc blanc, par Fownes. Autres couleurs surprises : le rouge à lèvres Pink Violet, d'Elizabeth Arden.

Photo Sante Forlano vogue archive

#us vogue #march 1958 #fashion 50s #spring/summer #printemps/été #dan millstein #colibri #franklin simon #fownes #elizabeth arden #sante forlano #vintage vogue #vintage fashion #newton elkin

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage Newton Elkin for Bonwitt Teller Black Leather Buckle Heeled Shoe 50/60’s.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Newton Elkin Designer Collection Vintage Blk. Suede & Fabric 3" Heel, 7.5M, $110

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[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.11

Beer Birthdays

John Moffat (1766)

Gilbert Greenall (1806)

Stephen Weber (1822)

Christian Weyland (1826)

Dietrich Knabe (1842)

John Rowling (1940)

Jack McAuliffe (1945)

Derek Smith (1975)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Eric Burdon; rock singer (1941)

Salvador Dali; artist (1904)

Richard Feynman; physicist (1918)

Martha Quinn; V.J. (1959)

Baron von Munchausen; storyteller, soldier (1720)

Famous Birthdays

Anawrahta; king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (1014)

Anne of Bohemia (1366)

Rose Ausländer; Ukrainian-English poet (1901)

Irving Berlin; composer (1888)

Tim Blake-Nelson; actor (1964)

Carla Bley; pianist (1936)

Foster Brooks; comedian (1912)

Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (1811)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux; French artist (1827)

Laetitia Casta; model (1978)

Gladys Rockmore Davis; painter (1901)

Edsger W. Dijkstra; Dutch computer scientist (1930)

Stanley Elkin; writer (1930)

Charles W. Fairbanks; journalist and politician (1852)

Louis Farrakhan; Islamic leader (1933)

Bernard Fox; British actor (1927)

Jean-Léon Gérôme; French artist (1824)

Walter Goodman; English artist (1838)

Martha Graham; dancer, choreographer (1894)

Antony Hewish; English astronomer (1924)

Robert Jarvik; artificial heart inventor (1946)

John Lowell, Jr.; businessman and philanthropist (1799)

Doug McClure; actor (1935)

Paul Nash; British painter (1889)

Cam Newton; football player (1989)

Peter North; porn actor (1957)

King Oliver; jazz trumpeter, bandleader (1885)

Denver Pyle; actor (1920)

Harriet Quimby; pilot and screenwriter (1875)

Natasha Richardson; actor (1963)

Margaret Rutherford; actor (1892)

Mort Sahl; comedian (1927)

Frank Schlesinger; astronomer (1871)

Phil Silvers; comedian, actor (1911)

Holly Valance; Australian actor (1983)

Doodles Weaver; actor (1911)

#Birthdays

[revolutionarywarhistory]

The story of the Extra Regiment's ordinary soldiers: From McCay to Patton [Part 6]

Continued from part 5

The year of 1818

Map of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. Courtesy of Google Maps.

Many of the soldiers whom we know of, were in "reduced circumstances." John McCay was living in Baltimore County, 54 years old, showing he was born in 1764 and wad described as "very poor." All the way across the county, in Mount Pleasant, within Ohio's Jefferson County, William Elkins felt similar pressures. He described himself as 85 years of age, which means he would have been born in 1733 or 47 years old in 1780. More likely he is 63 or 65 years old. In 1818, a person named Marren DuVall, living within Warren Township in Jefferson County, Ohio, [9] said that in 1784 she

resided in Frederick county Maryland, – that the aforenamed William Elkins, in that year[1784] came to the house of my father, William Duvall, a captain of the [Frederick County] militia, who had served two tours of duty in the service of the United States, and that from the frequent conversations, between the said Elkins and my father and other revolutionary soldiers, I sincerely beleive that the said Elkins served more than one year in the United States service – I further testify that I have heard my father and many other Revolutionary soldiers, positively say, that they had known the said Elkins while in the service of his country

Furthermore, his pension noted that he was paid $78.40 for "pay from the First August 1780 to the 1st Jan’y 1782" and $80.00 of pay from Jan. 1, 1782 to Jan. 1, 1783, along with another $43.30 from Jan. 1, 1783 until Nov. 1, 1783 when his military service came to a close.

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

Furthermore, William Groves, living in Allegheny County that year, was 63 years old, meaning he was born in 1755. He said he was in "reduced circumstances" and that he was in "need of the assistance of his country for support." The same was the case for Jesse Boswell. That year he as living in York, South Carolina and asked the "assistance of his country for support." A few years later, he applied for a new pension certificate since the old one was destroyed when his home burned in November 1820.

Courtesy of Google Maps. York is in northern South Carolina, only 30-36 miles away from Charlotte, North Carolina depending on the route walked.

In 1818, Philip Huston was an "old man." He described himself as "unable to work for my living and besides in extreme poverty so that I need the assistance of my country for support." The same year, the land office of Maryland noted that he was a drummer in the Maryland Line and hence was entitled to "the Lands Westward of Fort Cumberland to Lot No. 402 Containing 50 acres." He never claimed this land as records attest. There were similar circumstances for Thomas Gadd. He argued he was in "reduced circumstances" and needed the "assistance of his country for support" while living in Baltimore. While it is clear that Mr. Thomas Gadd lived in Anne Arundel County in 1810, and moved to Baltimore sometime before 1818, there are two Thomas Gadds within Queen Anne's, Maryland and hence, it is hard to know which one is him.

The Marylanders: John McCay, William Simmons, William Groves, and John Newton in 1820

John McCay was in horrible circumstances. At age 56 in 1820, he was living in Baltimore without any family, was propertyless, and of ill health since he had to quit his occupation as a sailor, only obtaining "a bare subsistence by labouring about the country." His pension further added that he was entered into a Maryland hospital and became "utterly incapable of labour" and needs to assistance of "his country or from private or public charity" due to his circumstances. Since his name is so common, it is not possible to use Federal census records in this instance. Despite that, there are people with his name consistently living in Baltimore from 1790 to 1820, and he is likely among them.

Fellow soldier William Simmons who had been at John McCay's side, was living in Harford County in 1820. At 61 years of age, he only owned $47 dollars with of property. These included one Cow, one young Cow, four pigs, rush bottomed chairs, one pine table, two iron pots, and some trifle of "Crockery ware," among little much more. He also purchased a horse for $20 and horse cart for $10 but neither is paid for and rented about 10 acres of land for $50 per year. His pension further explained that he was married to a thirty-year old woman named Elizabeth (born in 1790), and had three children with her: Joseph (born in 1810), James (born in 1813), and John (born in 1818). He argued that without the state pension he could not support himself since he was "greatly afflicted by Rheumatic pains." Six years later, he had moved to Stark County, Ohio to "improve his situation." Further records of Simmons are unclear.

Then there is William Groves. In 1820, he owned one old Spay Horse, one Cow, one Colt, and one Pot, even less than William Simmons or William Elkins. Living in Allegheny County at 50 years of age, he was a farmer but was "infirm and unable to do more than half work." He lived with his 50-year-old wife, Mary, a son that was 14 years old, and another under age five. Following the census information, it is possible that William lived in Charles County after the war, as the 1790 and 1800 censuses indicate, specifically in Durham Parish, with his family. [10] Furthermore, records indicate he lived in District 4 of Allegheny, Maryland, specifically in Cumberland, Maryland. He was described as an 83-year-old veteran in 1840, meaning this says he was born in 1757, only two years off what he said in 1820, which shows that he was sharp even in his later life, which is impressive. [11] Other parts of his pension indicate that he lived in Allegheny County from 1812 to 1849, with his wife Mary was living there in 1853.

In 1820, the Maryland General Assembly passed a law to pay him for his military service in the Maryland Line. He was to be paid the half pay of a private in "quarterly payments" as the law indicated. [12] He also received land in Western Maryland for his military service. He specifically received lot 1744, which was, at most, 12.7 miles miles away from the Northern branch of the Potomac River, in the middle of Garrett County:

Using Google Maps, we can pinpoint the location of his land in present-day Garrett County. His land is, by straight shot, 35.5 miles from Cumberland.

This shows where his lot is in relation to the Potomac River. Black dot is where his lot was. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Zoomed in focus on his lot

This shows where he lot directly was located, what it looked like on a map.

Hence, he likely did not live on this land as looking at that approximate location shows no evidence of human habitation. There is only the vast expanse of forest and some new, modern houses.

In 1820, John Newton, age 60, was living in Prince George's County.  He was a laborer who would be paid $40 per year for his pension. In his reduced circumstancs, . John Newton: writing he is "reduced circumstances" while writing in Prince George's County in 1818. The census records are no help in this case, as he is not listed. [13] However, there is strong evidence he was living in Maryland that year. This is indicated by the pension list and legislation, although there are other records that must be weeded out. [14] He specifically received pay in 1818 from the state of Maryland for his revolutionary war service. The law which granted him this pay [15] was as follows:

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby authorised, to pay to John Newton, an old soldier, or his order, during his life, a sum of money annually, in half yearly payments, equal to the half pay of a private, for his services during the revolution.

This petition was nothing new. He had petitioned the House of Delegates in 1805 and 1806 on the same issue. [16] In those, he stated he had been wounded in battle, serving from the year 1780 until the end of the war, saying that he was with his wounds,

together with the infirmities of approaching old age, he is rendered incapable of obtaining a maintenance for himself and family

Hence, he received payment at the time, but perhaps he felt it was necessary to apply again because it did not pass the Maryland Senate. It is also worth mentioning that he married Eleanor Callean in May 27, 1781 within Prince George's County. [17]

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#mount pleasant #ohio #1810s #1820s #1750s #18th century #19th century #south carolina #1850s #1840s #1780s #prince george's county #1800s #maryland #marriage #pensions

[goalhofer]

U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 9/5/22

Calera, Alabama: 3.52" (previous record 2.25" 1915)

Childersburg, Alabama: 1.57" (previous record 1.24" 1972)

Adin Mt. summit, California: 0.1" (previous record 0" 2021)

Gilroy, California: 0.01" (previous record 0" 2021)

Windsor Locks, Connecticut: 1.41" (previous record 0.28" 1955)

Cleveland, Georgia: 3.05" (previous record 1.88" 1970)

Unincorporated Lumpkin County, Georgia: 2.29" (previous record 1.89" 1970)

Unincorporated Pickens County, Georgia: 1.4" (previous record 1.26" 1953)

Columbus, Indiana: 2.08" (previous record 1.95" 1937)

Hazard, Kentucky: 2.28" (previous record 1.15" 2006)

Providence, Kentucky: 1.1" (previous record 0.51" 1991)

Worcester, Massachusetts: 0.91" (previous record 0.9" 1991)

Concord, New Hampshire: 1.41" (previous record 0.97" 1944)

Conway, New Hampshire: 2.05" (previous record 1.35" 2012)

Londonderry, New Hampshire: 1.41" (previous record 0.26" 2012)

Adirondack Park, New York: 1.08" (previous record 1.05" 1948)

Barton, New York: 1.86" (previous record 0.68" 1910)

Elmira, New York: 1.45" (previous record 1.19" 1937)

Queensbury, New York: 0.98" (previous record 0.95" 1953)

Rushford, New York: 2.15" (previous record 0.97" 1991)

Union, New York: 2.53" (previous record 0.86" 1986)

Asheville, North Carolina: 1.94" (previous record 1.78" 2006)

Eden, North Carolina: 2.31" (previous record 1.3" 1999)

Elkin, North Carolina: 1.32" (previous record 1.3" 1963)

Little River Township, North Carolina: 4.1" (previous record 1.72" 1959)

Dayton, Ohio: 1.2" (previous record 1.1" 1958)

Hilliar Township, Ohio: 2.11" (previous record 1.51" 1961)

Jefferson Township, Ohio: 1.6" (previous record 1.02" 1986)

McArthur Township, Ohio: 0.82" (previous record 0.79" 1980)

Newton Township, Ohio: 1.87" (previous record 1.53" 2017)

Springfield, Ohio: 0.88" (previous record 0.77" 2017)

Waverly, Ohio: 1.69" (previous record 1.38" 1915)

Canton, Pennsylvania: 1.56" (previous record 1.21" 2001)

Covington Township, Pennsylvania: 1.04" (previous record 0.79" 2011)

Delmar Township, Pennsylvania: 1.27" (previous record 0.7" 1937)

Galeton, Pennsylvania: 1.92" (previous record 0.91" 1937)

Grove Township, Pennsylvania: 1.58" (previous record 0.8" 1996)

Lafayette Township, Pennsylvania: 0.88" (previous record 0.65" 1973)

Montoursville, Pennsylvania: 1.66" (previous record 1.28" 1968)

Moon Township, Pennsylvania: 1.71" (previous record 1.41" 1968)

Pittston Township, Pennsylvania: 2.28" (previous record 1.86" 1953)

Tioga Township, Pennsylvania: 1" (previous record 0.57" 1991)

Tionesta Township, Pennsylvania: 1.82" (previous record 1.52" 1961)

Tyrone, Pennsylvania: 1.72" (previous record 1.15" 2011)

Unincorporated Municipio De Aibonito, Puerto Rico: 3.87" (previous record 1.7" 1933)

Providence, Rhode Island: 2.19" (previous record 1.59" 2012)

Greer, South Carolina: 1.24" (previous record 0.69" 2011)

Norris, Tennessee: 1.79" (previous record 1.22" 2011)

Austwell, Texas: 2.79" (previous record 2.6" 1958)

Unincorporated Bee County, Texas: 2.51" (previous record 1.83" 1923)

Unincorporated Cass County, Texas: 1" (previous record 0.3" 1995)

Choke Canyon State Park, Texas: 1.05" (previous record 0.91" 2019)

Ft. Worth, Texas: 0.66" (previous record 0.64" 2001)

Unincorporated Jim Wells County, Texas: 1.42" (previous record 1.12" 2019)

Blacksburg, Virginia: 1.69" (previous record 1.2" 1999)

Unincorporated Giles County, Virginia: 1.8" (previous record 1.29" 1962)

Unincorporated Patrick County, Virginia: 2.73" (previous record 2.35" 2006)

Bayard, West Virginia: 1.64" (previous record 1.54" 2011)

Unincorporated Greenbrier County, West Virginia: 1.41" (previous record 1.31" 2003)

Logan, West Virginia: 1.19" (previous record 0.91" 1953)

Morgantown, West Virginia: 1.57" (previous record 1.1" 2017)

#Storms #U.S.A. #U.S. #Puerto Rico #1930s #Alabama #1910s #1970s #Georgia #1950s #Indiana #Kentucky #1990s #New Hampshire #New York #1940s #North Carolina #1960s #Ohio #1980s #Pennsylvania #Tennessee #Texas #1920s #Virginia #West Virginia #South Carolina #Connecticut #Rhode Island #Massachusetts

[mudwerks]

Model with ostrich opera pump, by Newton Elkin, along side her face, comparing it’s light brown color to that of her hair - Vogue 1949

© Erwin Blumenfeld

#fashion #vintage #design #photography #Newton Elkin #vogue #1949 #magazine #Erwin Blumenfeld

[alwaysalwaysalwaysthesea]

“Town & Country” ensemble, consisting of a plaid tweed suit and coat by Davidow, a fur felt hat by Lily Dache, and leather shoes by Newton Elkin (bag source not described).  Outfit was put together for the Woman of Fashion 1947 exhibit presented at Bloomingdale’s in honor of the store’s 75th anniversary.

(source: Museum of the City of New York)

#vintage fashion #1940s fashion #davidow #lilly dache #1940s suit #vintage suit #newton elkin #vintage shoes #vintage hat

[mistikyol]

1- ÖZ SEVGİ İÇİN BİRİNCİ ADIM: KENDİNE ZAMAN AYIR VE KENDİNE ÖZEL İLGİ GÖSTER 2- ÖZ SEVGİ İÇİN İKİNCİ ADIM: KENDİNİ SEVMENİN ÖZEL BİR YOLU OLARAK KİTAP OKUMAK 3- ÖZ SEVGİ İÇİN ÜÇÜNCÜ ADIM: ŞÜKREDEREK KENDİNİ VE YAŞADIĞIN ANI TAKDİR ET 4- ÖZSEVGİ İÇİN DÖRDÜNCÜ ADIM: BEDENİN RUHUNUN AYNASIDIR; FİZİKSEL GÖRÜNÜMÜNÜ SEVGİYLE KUCAKLAMAK RUHUMA IŞIK TUTAN KİTAPLAR: 1. Eckhart Tolle- Şimdinin Gücü, Şimdinin Gücü Uygulama Kitabı, Dinginliği Gücü, Var Olmanın Gücü, Yeni Bir Dünya, Hayatla Bütünleşmek 2. Don Miguel Ruiz- Dört Anlaşma, Beşinci Anlaşma, Korkunun Ötesi, Ateş Çemberi, Ustaca Sevmek 3. Louise Hay- Düşünce Gücüyle Tedavi, Tüm Hastalıkların Zihinsel Nedenleri, Sağlıklı Yaşam İçin Kendini Sev, Pozitif Gücün Büyüsü 4. Micheal Newton- Ruhların Yolculuğu, Ruhların Kaderi, İkinci Yaşamın Sırrı, Hayatlar Arası Hayat 5. Dolores Cannon- Ölümün Ötesi, Hatırlanan Beş Yaşam 6. Osho- Beden İle Zihni Dengelemek, İnsan Kendinin Aynasıdır, Kader, Özgürlük ve Ruh Yaşamın Anlamı Nedir? 7. Robert Schwartzman- Cesur Ruhlar 8. Bruce H Lipton- İnancın Biyolojisi, Balayı Etkisi 9. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer- Niyet Etmenin Gizli Gücü, Dengede Olmak, Kendin Olmak 10. Jerry Hicks , Esther Hicks- Yeter ki İsteyin!, Yeni Bir Başlangıç, Çekim Yasası 11. Neale Donald Walsch- Tanrı İle Sohbet Serisi, Varlık ve Doğru Yaşam 12. Ramtha- Eşruhlar, Doğumun ve Ölümün Gizemi, Olağanüstü Olana Uyanmak 13. James Allen McCarty , Carla Rueckert , Don Elkins- Ra Bilgileri (4 kitap) 14. Lee Carroll (Kryon)- Yuvaya Yolculuk, Gaia Etkisi, İnsan Ruhu, İnsan Akaşası, İnsanlığın Yeniden Ayarlanışı 15. Tom Kenyon- Hathor Bilgileri, Büyük İnsan Potansiyeli- Kendi Işığınızda Yürümek, Büyük Değişim 16. Masaru Emoto- Suyun Gizli Mesajı, Evrenin Sudaki Şifreleri, Suyun Bilinmeyen Gücü 17. Joe Vitale- Zero Limit: Antik Hawai Ho'oponopono Öğretisi, Uyanış Kursu, Çekim Yasası Sırrı 18. Steve Rother Grup- Yuvaya Hoş Geldiniz, Ruhsal Psikoloji-On İki Temel Yaşam Dersi, Hatırla 19. Deepak Chopra- Başarının 7 Spirütüel Yasası, Sırlar Kitabı, Süper Beyin, Yaşamsal Zenginlik Yaratmak 20. Kiara Windrider- Aydınlanma Fenomeni, Sonsuzluğa Açılan Kapı, İahi Nur 21. John L. Payne- Omni Yaradılışın Dört Prensibi, Bireylerin Ailelerin ve Ulusların İyileşmesi 22. Darel Rutherford- İnancın gücü, Evren Daima Evet Der 23. Stephen R. Covey- Etkili İnsanların 7 Alışkanlığı, 8'inci Alışkanlık- Bütünlüğe Doğru 24. Guy Finley- Vazgeçebilmek, Sevebilmek 25. Joseph Murphy- Bilinçaltının Gücü Yazan ve Seslendiren: Didem ÇİLOĞLU Müzik: Calm music on the piano for meditation, relaxation-Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) MİSTİK YOL WEB SİTES: www.mistikyol.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/mistikyol FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2UQd2V6 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MistikYol Tumblr: http://bit.ly/2Aob4Ad Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2SrS6zz Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Aj9gbu by mistik yol

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[chicinsilk]

US Vogue January 1, 1958

A blue wool suit by Marquise, in Meyer wool. Pumps, Newton Elkin, blue petal hat, by Sally Victor.

Tailleur en laine bleu par Marquise, en laine Meyer. Escarpins, Newton Elkin, chapeau à pétales bleus, par Sally Victor.

Photo Karen Radkai.

#us vogue #january 1958 #fashion 50s #spring/summer #printemps/été #marquise #newton elkin #sally victor #karen radkai #vintage vogue #vintage fashion

[carolinaalarcon]

It finished!!!!🎂🎂🎂#watercolor #windsor&newton#illustration #kids#cards #pet #colorful#mollys #yorkiesofinstagram#mijellomissiongold (at Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)

#illustration #mollys #pet #yorkiesofinstagram #windsor #mijellomissiongold #watercolor #colorful #cards #kids

[cbelleschic]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage Newton Elkin for Bonwitt Teller Black Leather Buckle Heeled Shoe 50/60’s.

[stylistfortheyoungatheart]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Newton Elkin Black Suede and Fabric 3" Heels, $110.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.11

Beer Birthdays

John Moffat (1766)

Gilbert Greenall (1806)

Stephen Weber (1822)

Christian Weyland (1826)

Dietrich Knabe (1842)

John Rowling (1940)

Jack McAuliffe (1945)

Derek Smith (1975)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Eric Burdon; rock singer (1941)

Salvador Dali; artist (1904)

Richard Feynman; physicist (1918)

Martha Quinn; V.J. (1959)

Baron von Munchausen; storyteller, soldier (1720)

Famous Birthdays

Anawrahta; king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (1014)

Anne of Bohemia (1366)

Rose Ausländer; Ukrainian-English poet (1901)

Irving Berlin; composer (1888)

Tim Blake-Nelson; actor (1964)

Carla Bley; pianist (1936)

Foster Brooks; comedian (1912)

Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (1811)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux; French artist (1827)

Laetitia Casta; model (1978)

Gladys Rockmore Davis; painter (1901)

Edsger W. Dijkstra; Dutch computer scientist (1930)

Stanley Elkin; writer (1930)

Charles W. Fairbanks; journalist and politician (1852)

Louis Farrakhan; Islamic leader (1933)

Bernard Fox; British actor (1927)

Jean-Léon Gérôme; French artist (1824)

Walter Goodman; English artist (1838)

Martha Graham; dancer, choreographer (1894)

Antony Hewish; English astronomer (1924)

Robert Jarvik; artificial heart inventor (1946)

John Lowell, Jr.; businessman and philanthropist (1799)

Doug McClure; actor (1935)

Paul Nash; British painter (1889)

Cam Newton; football player (1989)

Peter North; porn actor (1957)

King Oliver; jazz trumpeter, bandleader (1885)

Denver Pyle; actor (1920)

Harriet Quimby; pilot and screenwriter (1875)

Natasha Richardson; actor (1963)

Margaret Rutherford; actor (1892)

Mort Sahl; comedian (1927)

Frank Schlesinger; astronomer (1871)

Phil Silvers; comedian, actor (1911)

Holly Valance; Australian actor (1983)

Doodles Weaver; actor (1911)

#Birthdays

[revolutionarywarhistory]

The story of the Extra Regiment's ordinary soldiers: From McCay to Patton [Part 1]

Map of where soldiers of the Extra Regiment enlisted. Some just said they enlisted in Kent or Queen Anne's County but no town is specified, so that is not on this map. This map was created in Google Earth and shows the wide range of places soldiers of the regiment came from.

While the officers of the Extra Regiment are important, it is as vital to tell the stories of the ordinary soldiers. There are eleven who have pensions, and their stories are focused on in his post. This post uses the pensions of John (or Jon) McCay/McKay, William Simmons, William Elkins, John Shanks, William Groves, Jesse Boswell, Giles Thomas, Philip Huston, Thomas Gadd, William Patton/Patten, and John Newton [1] as sources, so any information not otherwise cited in this article comes from these pensions.

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

John McCay and William Simmons: brothers-in-arms

At age 14, a man named John (or Jon) McCay/McKay enlisted in George Town, within Maryland's Kent County, in the Extra Regiment. Many years later, one of Baltimore City's Associate Justices,James Richardson, would note that John enlisted in July of that year, the beginning of his three year term of service. [2] He was sent to Chestertown, Maryland that same month where a man named William Simmons, likely older than him, would enlist, joining his same company. In later years, Simmons would call John "a faithful Soldier."

After leaving Chestertown, John went to Annapolis where he joined "Sheppard's Company" as he termed it. This is an interesting description because the person this refers to is undoubtedly Francis Shepard/Sheppard, a man who was a lieutenant within the Extra Regiment but not a captain. Perhaps he took on the position of generally leading the company, so this could be why he called it this, and noted that Alexander Lawson Smith led the company.

William, John, and 18 others went to Philadelphia to "carry Horses" and supplies. They remained there and left with about 200 others who likely were marched up to Philadelphia from other recruiting areas. They then marched to Elkton, MD, then went by ship to Annapolis. It was there he joined his company, taking his clothing and marching with the regiment to Alexandria, then to Fredericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg. From there, they went to Hillsborough, joining a part of Nathanael Greene’s army, after "Gate’s defeat" or the Battle of Camden, and joined the main Continental Army at "Sharraw" or Cheraw Hills in January 1781 .John goes on to say in his pension that the Extra Regiment "

detatched to Haleys Ferry on Pedee River [Pee Dee River], as a look out guard, from thence marched and joined the main army near Guilford Court House, crossed Dan river to near Prince Edwards Court House"

In early 1781, sometime before the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, as the regiment was broken apart, ordinary soldiers transferred to other units and the original officers were sent home. He says he served under Lieut/Capt. Lane, who refers to Samuel McLane, a man who was a captain in the fall of 1781 but had been promoted to Captain by the following year. William was likely among his fellow soldiers, and if he was, he would have returned to Annapolis, joining troops under the command of William Smallwood. John at that point, received a furlough to go home possibly to Harford County. Later that year, he joined Francis Reveley's company, which was within Colonel Peter Adams' regiment, which was also called the First Maryland Regiment.

John marched south again in the fall of 1781. After moving to Williamsburg, where the unit joined the main Continental Army, he, with the rest of his unit, proceeded to "the seige of York after the surrender of Cornwallis" in October 1781. William was also at that same battle, possibly meaning that they would have been fighting shoulder-to-shoulder. He marched further southward within a company of what he said was the 4th Maryland Regiment, but could have easily been another unit, like the 1st. In this position, his unit guarded "artillery and ammunition to supply General Green’s army at “Pond Pond” or Ponpon in South Carolina. Later on, they marched to “Bacons bridge” which was near Old Dorchester and then crossed over to James’ Island for wintering until "Charleston was illuminated for the ratification of peace."

Courtesy of Google Maps. Currently James Island is a town near Charleston.

William had a bit of a different story. He said he was at a battle at "Blueford river." This undoubtedly referred to Beaufort River, and could refer to this or this skirmish, or something else entirely.

As the war came to a close, in June 1783, John was aboard a vessel which. returned to Annapolis. He then received an undated furlough which was "left with a certain John Browning" but was then lost. It is possible he was scammed just like the soldier noted in the next section, Philip Huston.

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Toxic waste sites aren’t prepared for hurricane season

Flooding during Hurricane Harvey (andrewtheshrew/Pixabay/)

Hurricanes can be made exponentially worse by whatever lies in their path. Unfortunately, that’s often the toxic waste of some of the most extractive, pollutive industries.

Take Hurricane Florence, for instance. The storm’s intense downpour triggered the spill of coal ash, the arsenic-laced substance that remains after burning coal, from a coal-fired power plant in North Carolina. Hurricane Harvey’s torrential waters also quickly turned toxic with industrial chemicals, including dioxin—a chemical linked to cancer and reproductive issues—released from a heavily contaminated, abandoned paper mill along the San Jacinto River in Texas. Hurricane Sandy’s vicious waters caused Newtown Creek, one of the most polluted waterways in the country, to overflow into the surrounding Queens and Brooklyn communities.

As climate change spurs worsening hurricanes, it comes with an increased potential for toxic waste to be unleashed on nearby communities, which are more likely to be low-income neighborhoods of color. It’s a danger worsened by the fact that the Trump-led Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved significantly slower than other administrations in cleaning up Superfund sites, some of the most contaminated land in the United States. This year came with additional delays, given that regional EPA offices opted to reduce or suspend clean-up on some Superfund sites.

This creates a situation where the worst sites of toxic waste are vulnerable to being swept away by a storm, despite noted risks. In late 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal watchdog for government agencies, issued a report that recommended that the EPA take additional actions to mitigate the risks that climate change poses to Superfund sites. The report found that 945 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List, comprised of the sites that pose the largest threat to public health, are threatened by climate change. Of these sites, 187 are at risk of being flooded by a Category 4 or 5 hurricane. The report only looked at nonfederal sites; if federal sites were also included, the figure would likely be larger.

The GAO report was well-timed. It was released more than 6 months before the current hurricane season, giving the EPA time to prepare for what now looks to be one of the most severe in decades. Yet, EPA officials disagreed with the report’s finding that climate change needs to be more consistently integrated into how the agency manages and evaluates risk at Superfund sites. “The EPA believes the Superfund program’s existing processes and resources adequately ensure that risks and any effects of severe weather events, are woven into risk assessments at non federal NPL sites,” the EPA wrote in a letter to Alfredo Gomez, the director of the GAO’s natural resources and environment team.

The report recommended that the EPA’s administrator, Anthony Wheeler, provides clarity on how climate change’s potential impacts to Superfund sites are included in the agency’s strategy, which does not mention climate change. In response, EPA officials referred to its agency-wide objective, “Revitalize Land and Prevent Contamination,” to manage exposure risks from contaminants. The GAO was not convinced by this explanation: “This strategic objective does not include any measures related to climate change or discuss strategies for addressing the impacts of climate change effects,” Gomez wrote in an email to Popular Science. “Consequently, we believe that our recommendation is still warranted.”

The EPA does plan on taking up the report’s recommendation of more clearly defining Superfund site boundaries, as stated in the letter.

It’s not the first time the Trump-led EPA has sidelined future climate impacts when considering the risks posed to Superfund sites. The EPA conducted its own analysis in 2018 of Superfund sites in the areas deluged by Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Maria, and Hurricane Irma, and concluded that existing remedies to prepare for extreme weather are “resilient.” Yet this report relied on limited data and didn’t account for future scenarios of worsening climate impacts. “It is important to note that the information that was available for this study was not comprehensive and in some cases very limited,” states the report’s authors.

Just before Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, the Trump administration also rescinded a 2015 executive order to use updated climate data in analyzing flood risks for federally-funded projects, including Superfund sites. “Essentially what that would have allowed you to do is identify Superfund sites that would be potentially at risk from extreme flooding in the future,” says Jacob Carter, a research scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists who worked on the executive order while at the Obama-led Environmental Protection Agency. This data also would have allowed the EPA’s project managers to better prepare for such floods in the future, given the degree of sea-level rise expected in different areas.

In a recently published analysis, based on research originally authorized under the rescinded executive order, Carter found that nearly 1,000 Superfund sites located near the east coast and Gulf coast are at risk of extreme coastal flooding in the next 40 years, assuming greenhouse gases steadily rise. It’s data that was not included in the EPA’s 2018 analysis of Superfund sites’ resilience, for instance.

Carter says this is all part of a broader pattern of the suppression of climate science at the EPA, which is enforced from the top-down. “There is this fear that if you discuss climate change issues, like those that may be posed to Superfund sites, publicly or even in a meeting, you may be at risk of retaliation.” It’s a culture that he documented in an April report based on surveying 63,000 scientists at federal agencies.

Without consistently integrated knowledge of how climate change impacts Superfund sites, the EPA could be adopting remediation strategies for Superfund sites that fall short of addressing the increasingly overlapping threats of toxic land and extreme floodwaters.

The abandoned paper mill along the San Jacinto River is an example of what can happen when climate change isn’t fully incorporated into the site’s remediation plan. Initially, the toxic pits were secured with a cap to prevent the release of toxins, an emergency stopgap measure that the U.S. Corps of Engineers concluded could withstand catastrophic events in a 2015 feasibility study. The companies liable for the site’s contamination, and responsible for cleaning up the site in a negotiated agreement with the EPA, argued that such a measure should be permanent -- a much cheaper route than fully excavating the pits of chemicals.

Yet Sam Brody, a flood scientist at Texas A&M, argued in 2016 that the cap wouldn’t hold based on his earlier research on future climate impacts to the polluted site. “The threat of future surge and riverine flood events coupled with a changing climate and increasing development all have a ratcheting effect on the amount of impact this Superfund site could inflict on surrounding communities,” wrote Brody in a 2014 report.

As the land surrounding the site continues to erode, compounded by the impacts of the hurricanes, Brody described a scenario where the chemicals would remain vulnerable to leakage. Tragically, he soon proved to be right: The cap gave way in the face of Hurricane Harvey’s treacherous waters in 2017.

Brody’s report helped build the case for a strategy aimed at fully removing the contaminated material, while using a temporary, watertight enclosure known as a cofferdam to isolate the site of toxic waste, explained Jackie Young-Medcalf, the founder of the Texas Health and Environment Alliance, which has been advocating for a stronger rehabilitation plan for the Superfund site. “The first pivotal moment for the Superfund site was Dr. Brody’s report,” says Young-Medcalf.

Until the clean-up is fully complete, Young-Medcalf says that toxins could breach during a hurricane and pose a continued risk to the surrounding community that has documented high rates of cancer. “The only certainty that we can have for the protection of public health in the environment is full remediation,” she says. Yet she notes, “we’ve made progress at this site in the last 10 years that a lot of Superfund sites don’t see in 20 or 30 years.”

This slow clean-up process, coupled with often insufficient protections for hurricanes, makes it so toxins held at bay now are more likely to be unleashed in a future storm. Willis Elkins, an executive director at the Newton Creek Alliance, a community organization dedicated to monitoring and restoring Newton Creek, fears what the likely event of a major hurricane could bring to the polluted creek and nearby community. “We’re in a very precarious position,” said Elkins. If another Hurricane Sandy were to hit, he says the creek is not ready.