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A Curious Agreement Among Friends: Pennsylvania’s York County Militia, 1775

In the year 1775, two days after the spring equinox, a meeting was held in Pennsylvania’s York County of over one hundred freemen and...

Lemuel Haynes: An Abolitionist Voice in the Revolution

The Paradox as Context The literature of the Revolution is replete with references to the Founding Fathers’ recognition of the anguishing contradiction between the...

Reviews

John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America’s Independence

BOOK REVIEW: John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America’s Independence by Willard Sterne Randall (Dutton, 2025). Trends of historical research over...

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Prewar Politics (<1775)

Ruling Rebels: How the Sons of Liberty Became Colonial Powerbrokers

On August 14, 1765, the town of Boston was in turmoil. At the entrance to the city, two large effigies were hanging from a...