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    The Battle of Machias (June 11–12, 1775) was an early naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, also known as the Battle of the Margaretta,...
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    The Battle of Machias (August 13–14, 1777) was an amphibious assault on the Massachusetts town of Machias (in present-day eastern Maine) by British forces...
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  • home to the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport, a small public airport owned by the town. The word Machias roughly translates in...
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    Jeremiah O'Brien (category People from Machias, Maine)
    and Concord reached Machias in early May 1775, leading Benjamin Foster to rally Machias residents at Job Burnham's tavern. Machias merchant captain Ichabod...
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  • Concord: The Battle heard round the world (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The siege of Boston;...
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    Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 16 km (10 mi) southeast from Cutler, Maine, and...
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    Battle of Ticonderoga Battle off Fairhaven Battle of Machias Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Great Bridge Battle of Great Cane Break 1776 Battle of Moore's...
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    Massachusetts Naval Militia (category State defense forces of the United States)
    from the town of Machias in the District of Maine (now the state of Maine) for protection and relief following the June Battle of Machias, in which a British...
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    East Machias is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States on the East Machias River. At the 2020 census, the town population was 1,326. It is the...
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    Battle of Machias (1777) (August 13–14) Battle of Bennington (August 16) Battle of Staten Island (August 22) Siege of Fort Henry (September 1) Battle...
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    Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel. 1776 – The Continental Congress...
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    Burnham Tavern (category Machias, Maine)
    at 14 Colonial Way in Machias, Maine, United States. Built in 1770, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the Machias area, and is known for...
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  • attack at Pleasant Point known as the "Battle of the Rim", or Battle of Machias in Machias, Maine. After gaining permission from the commanding officer, Chief...
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    Jonathan Eddy (category Year of birth uncertain)
    Massachusetts, the place of his birth. The following year, he led the defense of Machias, Maine during the Battle of Machias (1777). After the war, he...
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    attempting to enforce blockade in Gloucester Harbor Battle of Machias, Boston-based ship captured in Machias Bay Fort Washington, Massachusetts, surviving colonial...
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    confluence of the Machias and East Machias Rivers. The earthworks were built in 1776, and attacked by British forces in the 1777 Battle of Machias. The site...
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  • Battle of Trois-Rivières Battle of Valcour Island Battle of Fort Cumberland Battle of Machias (1777) Defeat of the Penobscot Expedition Naval battle off...
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  • capture the British armed schooner Margaretta a month later in the Battle of Machias. Mowat brought Canceaux back to Portland in October to set fires which...
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  • Ruckus at Machias is "a play about individuals, as a history of democracy should be." Taking place in the small, sea-bound community of Machias, Maine,...
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  • John Allan (colonel) (category People from Machias, Maine)
    fled across the border to the town of Machias, Maine, in which anti-British sentiment was rampant. He arrived in Machias on August 11, 1776, where he met...
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  • in the Battle of Machias (1777). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.54 square miles (68.74 km2), of which 24...
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  • British ship Battle of Chelsea Creek 27–28 May - Patriots defeat Brits in the second battle of the American Revolutionary War Battle of Machias 11–12 June...
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  • Machias Bay is a bay in Washington County, Maine that opens into the Gulf of Maine. The bay was the scene of the Battle of Machias — the first naval battle...
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    District of Maine. Eddy left Boston in September and sailed to Machias, where he recruited about 20 men. On October 13, this party sailed from Machias for...
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    Raid on Saint John (category Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War involving the United States)
    the Americans had their first naval victory over the British in the Battle of Machias. In response to this defeat, in July 1775, the British sent two armed...
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    coronation of the Ancien Regime before the French Revolution American Revolutionary War – Battle of Machias: In the first naval engagement of the American...
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    the Battle of Machias (1777). However the Royal Navy was unable to establish naval supremacy. While many American privateers were captured in battles such...
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    from Fifth Machias Lake (45°05′21″N 67°51′49″W / 45.0892°N 67.8636°W / 45.0892; -67.8636 (Machias River origin)), passing the town of Machias and emptying...
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    a crew of twenty officers and men. Machias was a much larger gunboat armed with eight 4-inch guns, four 6-pounders and four 1-pounders. Machias had a crew...
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  • Nathaniel Reynolds (category People of Massachusetts in the American Revolution)
    Battle of Machias, he improvised a privateer given the name "Machias Liberty" and boldly attacked the British ships. He managed to get the better of them...
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