The Copy Book › Posts By Year

There are four posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1777. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

1776 1777 1778

Lady Harriet’s Errand

By General John Burgoyne

On the evening of October 7th, 1777, as fighting on Bemis Heights subsided, Harriet Acland came to General Burgoyne with a startling request.

Mrs Sancho’s Barometer

By Ignatius Sancho

Ann Sancho would be in better health, said her husband, if she did not worry quite so much about him.

Man Was Not Made for the Government

By Edmund Burke

Good government is not about enforcing uniform order, but about maximising liberty among a particular people.

The Hat that Changed the World

By Clay Lane

Young William’s hat caught the eye of Matthew Boulton, and the world was never the same again.