Lamberton is the first name of one of the guys I’m writing this huge paper about. Its a great first name. So is Hezekiah. And Jair, Ozias, Elihu, Philemon, Cuff, Comfort, and a bunch of other great first names that haven’t been seen in hundreds of years.
I’m writing about Revolutionary War veterans from my hometown. To find out about their personal experience in the war, I’m looking through their pension applications, where they have to prove they were in the war, usually through a list of battles they were in, people they served under, or an anecdote of something that happened.
That’s what I’m doing tonight. And tomorrow night.