024: The Post Office and 1639

For 1639 we covered big events in British North America: the first execution of a native person, the first post office, and the first bible printed in the colonies. We sip, laugh, cry, and just try to hold on to the ride that is American history.     Sources:   https://postalmuseum.si.edu/richard-fairbanks%E2%80%99-tavern-and-post-office https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/brief-history-united-states-postal-service-180975627/   https://facts.usps.com/ Works Cited Ammerman, D., & Howard, R. (2022). Great Puritan Migration. Retrieved from EBSCO: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/great-puritan-migration Brilvitch, C. (2026). The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe. Retrieved from Bridgeport Library: https://bportlibrary.org/hc/south-end/the-golden-hill-paugussett-tribe/ Connecticut Humanities Project. (2026). Causes of the Pequot War. Retrieved from Connecticut History: https://connecticuthistory.org/causes-of-the-pequot-war/ Connecticut Humanities Project. (2026). Pequot War. Retrieved from Connecticut History: https://connecticuthistory.org/topics-page/pequot-war/ Gordon, N. (2022). Settlement of Connecticut. Retrieved from EBSCO: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/settlement-connecticut Montanga, J. (2026). Colonial American History and Material Culture. Retrieved from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute: https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1978/4/78.04.02/3 National Park Service. (2022). The rise and fall of New Netherland. Retrieved from National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/historyculture/new- netherland.htm The Society of Colonial Wars. (2026). Colonists from Massachusetts meet the Quinnipiac Indians. Retrieved from The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut: https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1638_quinnipiac_indians.htm The Society of Colonial Wars. (2026). The Pequot War. Retrieved from The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut: https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1637.htm Victoria Sutton, P. (2025). Alls fair in War? Retrieved from Native News: https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/all-is-fair-in-war Wood, W. (2026). William Wood's Impressions of New England Natives. Retrieved from VIU: https://web.viu.ca/davies/H320/Wood.NewEngland.natives.1639.htm Zinn Education Project. (2026). May 26, 1637: Pequot Massacre. Retrieved from Zinn Education Project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pequot-massacre/ Let us know what you're sippin' :Instagram.com/SipAndSaga_Society/Facebook.com/SipAndSaga/sipandsaga.onlineThank you to those who support the Society including :Trey Boles  for our wonderful intro and outro music!