Caught between two revolutions, the Age of Aeronautics begins. In England, an American Loyalist and surgeon connects with a young French inventor and struggling aeronaut. Together, Europe and America reap the benefits of their daring.
“The First Air Voyage in America” by Jean Pierre Blanchard
Cited sources:
Blanchard bio - https://lewis-clark.org/sciences/age-of-enlightenment/blanchards-balloon/
Blanchard bio - https://www.blimpinfo.com/history-2/this-mo-in-hist/this-mo-in-hist-jan/jp-blanchard/
Blanchard story - https://stratocat.com.ar/artics/blanchard-e.htm
Blanchard info - https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/documents/cia-hof-blanchard-jean-pierre.pdf
Blanchard Washington Pass - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-11-02-0383
John Jeffries - https://npg.si.edu/exh/franklin/jeffries.htm
J Jeffries - https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/node/4741
Philly as capital - https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/philadelphia-as-the-capital
Residence Act - https://www.mountvernon.org/education/primary-source-collections/primary-source-collections/article/residence-act-of-1790/
Walnut Street Prison - https://lewis-clark.org/the-trail/eastern-beginnings/lewis-in-philadelphia/historic-philadelphia/walnut-street-prison/
History of ballooning - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/short-history-of-ballooning/
First balloon flight - https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/first-hot-air-balloon-flight
Royal Menagerie - https://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/exhibitions/king-animals#the-exhibition
Jeffries retelling of Channel crossing - https://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2014/02/his-intrepidity-had-well-nigh-been-fatal-to-him-dr-john-jeffries/
Jeffries Narrative - https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2019gen10317c2/?sp=51&st=image
