Everything you've ever wanted to know about the American Revolution
James Thacher was a military surgeon for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. After the war, he continued practicing in his home state of Massachusetts, and wrote a number of works on the Revoution, such as Observations Relative to the Execution of Major John André as a Spy in 1780 (1834).
Read entries from 1781 in the journal of James Thacher, Continental Army surgeon during the American Revolution.
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Read entries from 1777 in the journal of James Thacher, Continental Army surgeon during the American Revolution.