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8 Fast Facts About Camp Followers
They were always there, but are seldom mentioned. Name any major battle or campaign: New York, Brandywine, Germantown, Saratoga, Yorktown, Camden, Kings Mountain, Guilford…
The Plot to Kidnap Schuyler
In 1781, British forces operating in Canada set their eyes on kidnapping prominent Americans in Vermont and upstate New York. These patriot leaders had…
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Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot
Silas Deane assisted the Patriot cause as a congressman, merchant, and diplomat. In 1776, Deane undertook a mission to France as the Patriots’ official,…
The Stamp Act – A Brief History
Within a decade of the passage of the Stamp Act, England and her colonies would go to war. The Act would have a profound…
Would they change their names?
Read the newspapers published during the American Revolution, and you’ll find descriptions of deserters. It doesn’t matter which newspaper, or whether it was published…
Plotting the ‘Sacricide’ of George Washington
There are two versions of how the plot to murder George Washington first came to light in June 1776, precisely at the moment a…
Ti’s Evacuation and the Battle of Hubbardton
The evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga in July, 1777, is a well-known incident of the American Revolution. Directly related to it is the Battle of…
Rawdon’s Ruse
Put a large army in a rural community overseas, and some problems are bound to occur. Such was the case when thousands of British…
Revolutionary Friendship
Two men are sitting drinking pints of ale in a Boston tavern. One is a strapping, full-faced young merchant given to loud laughter; the…
George Washington’s Top 10 Talents According to John Adams
Crotchety old John Adams had finally had enough. It was bad enough that after George Washington’s battlefield victories at Trenton and Princeton, the idol…
For Love of the Footnote
I love footnotes. I won’t read a historical article if it does not have proper footnotes; why waste my time? When thumbing a book…
The Mystery Book and the Forgotten Founding Father
One of the great literary mysteries of colonial American history is the identity of “An American,” the anonymous author of American Husbandry (London, 1775)….
