Author: David Salvatore

David Salvatore is a lifelong student of American history and an independent researcher focused on the Revolutionary War. His work centers on lesser-known locations and the decisions that helped transform a rebellion into a nation. He is currently researching Fort Billingsport and the Delaware River defenses during the Philadelphia campaign.

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The Nation’s First Acre: Fort Billingsport and the Birth of Federal Land Acquisition

On June 25, 1776, nine days before the Continental Congress would adopt the Declaration of Independence, the Pennsylvania Council of Safety passed a resolution authorizing a committee to “purchase the whole or part of a Plantation at Billingsport on which said Fortifications are to be erected at the Expense of Congress.”[1] Ten days later, on […]

by David Salvatore