Mehitable Pratt was born on 21 October 1753, in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She married Elijah Pond on 18 December 1777, in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 8 September 1815, in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
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