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Postmaster General Franklin

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Sep 12, 2002

When Patriot mail falls into the hands of the British, James and Sarah agree to carry important letters safely to New York.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 40 episodes

Season 1

The Boston Tea Party (Pilot, Part I),

Moses, James, and Henri travel to Boston in search of Sarah, who has arrived from England on a tea-laden ship.

23m Feb 8, 2002

Intolerable Acts (Pilot, Part II),

Moses, James, Sarah, and Henri hide at poet Phillis Wheatley’s house in Boston, where some of His Majesty’s soldiers are being quartered.

23m Mar 8, 2002

United We Stand,

Moses lets James report on Congress; James learns about the ugliness of mob rule.

23m Apr 8, 2002

Liberty or Death,

James, Sarah, Henri and Moses travel to Virginia, where they witness Henry’s speech.

23m Sep 4, 2002

The Midnight Ride,

Sarah and James travel to Boston to deliver a message to Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren and end up riding with the famous messengers.

23m Jun 8, 2002

The Shot Heard 'Round the World,

James, reporting on the minutemen, and Sarah, with the British army, witness the shot heard round the world at Concord Bridge.

23m Sep 8, 2002

Green Mountain Boys,

James heads to the Grants to report on their struggle. Sarah goes hoping to find a place in the Green Mountains for her family to settle. Henri goes hoping to find maple syrup.

23m Sep 9, 2002

The Second Continental Congress,

Sarah and Moses meet George Washington and together use Yankee ingenuity to fix Washington’s carriage.

23m Sep 10, 2002

Bunker Hill,

Sarah searches for a British officer who may know her father’s whereabouts.

23m Dec 8, 2002

Washington Takes Command,

Sarah, James, and Henri travel to Massachusetts with Washington and see him pull together the diverse group of men into a Continental army.

23m Sep 15, 2002

Postmaster General Franklin,

When Patriot mail falls into the hands of the British, James and Sarah agree to carry important letters safely to New York.

23m Sep 12, 2002

Common Sense,

James, Sarah, and Henri meet Thomas Paine and learn of his belief that the common man can rule himself.

23m Sep 16, 2002

The Turtle,

The kids, thinking they’re reporting on the sighting of a sea monster in New York Harbor, instead meet David Bushnell, the father of the submarine.

23m Sep 19, 2002

The First Fourth of July,

Shortly after the Declaration is signed on July 4th, a massive British fleet enters New York Harbor.

23m Sep 17, 2002

New York, New York,

In New York City, Sarah stays with her mother’s friend Mrs. Radcliffe and reports on the loyalist point of view.

23m Sep 18, 2002

One Life to Lose,

The kids, at first unimpressed with Nathan Hale, get deeply inspired by the man’s words and deeds.

23m Sep 22, 2002

Captain Molly,

Sarah travels to Fort Tryon and meets the courageous Captain Molly, who takes up her husband’s cannon when he falls.

23m Sep 23, 2002

American Crisis,

Washington knows he must win a battle or the revolution will fail from lack of public support.

23m Sep 24, 2002

Across the Delaware,

The country celebrates; morale is restored. James and Sarah are concerned when a British spy named John Honeyman is captured.

23m Sep 25, 2002

An American in Paris,

While visiting Abigail Adams in Boston, Sarah finds herself in the middle of a smallpox epidemic and, after being inoculated, contracts a bad case of the disease.

23m Sep 26, 2002

Sybil Ludington,

Sarah sees Benedict Arnold battling for respect with the same passion he uses to battle the British.

23m Sep 29, 2002

Lafayette Arrives,

News of his great courage helps the American cause in France. Henri meets Lafayette, who becomes his idol.

23m Sep 30, 2002

The Hessians are Coming,

James witnesses the victory at Saratoga while lashed to a Hessian soldier.

23m Oct 1, 2002

Valley Forge,

James, Sarah, and Henri are there as George Washington and his Continental Army endure a horrible winter at Valley Forge.

23m Oct 2, 2002

Allies at Last,

James learns about religious freedom from Moses Michael Hayes, while Sarah and Henri spend time with British troops in occupied Philadelphia.

23m Oct 3, 2002

Honor and Compromise,

George Washington arrives just in time to rally his troops to victory.

23m Nov 3, 2002

The New Frontier,

Sarah is reunited with her father in Ohio.

23m Nov 4, 2002

Not Yet Begun to Fight,

Sailing to England, Sarah is shipwrecked and saved by Jones.

23m Nov 5, 2002

The Great Galvez,

James and Henri sail down the Mississippi, seeking Galvez.

23m Nov 6, 2002

In Praise of Ben,

Henri gets into a scrape with a Tory boy when the Tory makes disparaging comments about Ben Franklin.

23m Nov 7, 2002

Bostonians,

Sarah and Henri join the Adams family in Massachusetts just as John and his son John Quincy return from France and are reunited with Abigail.

23m Nov 10, 2002

Benedict Arnold,

James, Sarah, and Henri are there when Arnold tries to hand West Point over to the British.

23m Aug 10, 2002

Deborah Samson, Soldier of the Revolution,

Sarah meets the courageous Deborah Samson. James and Henri, accompanying Washington, meet Rochambeau.

23m Nov 10, 2002

Conflict in the South,

Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson is forced by Benedict Arnold to abandon the Governor’s residence in Richmond.

23m Jan 20, 2003

James Armistead,

Sarah and Henri go from camp to camp with Lafayette as he jousts with Cornwallis, then worry over the fate of James Armistead.

23m Jan 22, 2003

Yorktown,

Moses joins the American mining corps and tries unsuccessfully to find Cato.

23m Jan 20, 2003

The Man who Wouldn't be King,

James tells Sarah and Henri the story of the attempted military coup and the three kids' journey to Maryland to see Washington offer his resignation to Congress.

23m Jan 22, 2003

Going Home,

Sarah goes to New York to get the story of the fate of the loyalists from Mrs. Radcliffe.

23m Mar 30, 2003

Born Free and Equal,

Sarah, staying with Abigail Adams in Boston, is thrilled to see Mum Bett freed and resolves to fight for civil rights.

23m Mar 2, 2003

We the People,

Moses resolves to open a school for free black children.

23m Mar 3, 2003