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Eutaw Springs and the Ambiguity of Victory
byThe Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, on September 8, 1781 was the last major open-field battle of the Revolutionary War and perhaps its…
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The Battle of Upper Sandusky, 1782
byBOOK REVIEW: The Battle of Upper Sandusky, 1782 by Eric Sterner. Small Battles Series. (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2023) Eric Sterner’s recent release, The Battle…
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HMS Roebuck on the Delaware
byThe Royal Navy was designed not just protect the island of Britain and its commerce, but to project Great Britain’s power across the seas….
This Week on Dispatches: Shawn David McGhee on George Washington’s “Rules of Civility”
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee on the mystery of George Washington’s “Rules of Civility.” New…
John Dickinson and the Letter to Canada
byAfter the French and Indian War the British government made a number of decisions with respect as to how it would govern its North…
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Remembering John Adams
byBOOK REVIEW: Remembering John Adams: The Second President in History, Memory and Popular Culture by Marianne Holdzkom (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2023) Marianne Holdzkom…
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Hanover County and Patrick Henry: The Locations that made the Legend
byHanover County, Virginia is the birthplace of one of the most famous American patriots: Patrick Henry. He spent much of his life in and…
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on the Engagement Between the Glasgow and the Fledgling Continental Navy
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Eric Sterner on the April 1776 engagement between the British vessel Glasgow and the raw…
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George Washington’s “Rules of Civility”: An Early American Literary Mystery
byTucked away in George Washington’s papers rests a thirty-five-page handwritten folio labeled “Forms of Writing.”[1] In Washington’s neat and ornate cursive, the first roughly…
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Danger at the Breach
byAmerican Patriots won a pivotal victory at Charlestown, South Carolina, on June 28, 1776, six days before the Declaration of Independence. The Battle of…
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This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on the new JAR annual volume and the Website
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR managing editor Don N. Hagist on the new 2023 Annual Volume and updates on…
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Engaging the Glasgow
byOn April 18, 1776 Captain Tyringham Howe of His Majesty’s Ship Glasgow arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Two weeks prior, the twenty-gun sloop had engaged…
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Victory Day—Winning American Independence: The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy
byBOOK REVIEW: Victory Day—Winning American Independence: The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy by Kenneth Scarlett (North Charleston, SC: Palmetto Publishing, 2023) In his recent…
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Remember Baker: A Green Mountain Boy’s Controversial Death and Its Consequences
byDespite the imperative nature of his unusual name, Remember Baker has garnered significantly less historical attention than fellow Green Mountain Boys Ethan Allen and Seth…
The Week on Dispatches: John Settle on Col. Abraham Buford’s Virginia Battalion
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor John Settle on the fascinating story of Col. Abraham Buford and his…
William Walker Crosses Kings Ferry
byOn the second day of 1780, Capt. Silas Burbank of the 12th Massachusetts Regiment sat down to record a deposition from William Walker, a…
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American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765–1795
byBOOK REVIEW: American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation 1765-1795 by Edward J. Larson (New York, NY: WW Norton & Company,…
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Sons of Britannia: New York’s Triumvirate from Colony to Revolution
byJohn Adams was making his way from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania for a convening of the delegates tasked to craft a response to the Coercive…
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The Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Second Year: November 1773 – August 1774
byDuring the three months that the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on holiday from August to November 1773, the…
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What Do Bond Prices Tell Us about the Early Republic?
byAmerica’s early finances were, in a word, messy. The states took on enormous debt to fund the Revolutionary War while the national government chartered…
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A Brief History of Benjamin Franklin’s Residences on Craven Street, London: 1757 – 1775
byIf one looked into Benjamin Franklin’s time on Craven Street, they might initially believe he lived at 36 Craven Street the entirety of his…
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How do you define “Founding Fathers”?
byHow do you define “Founding Fathers”? You can define it either broadly or narrowly. By consensus, most historians limit the narrow definition to six….
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Which side benefited the most from the Native Americans?
byWhich side do you think benefited the most from the Native American involvement in the war? Why? The British benefited the most, from one…
Hamilton: An American Musical
byReview of the Broadway musical Hamilton, now playing at the Richard Rodgers Theater on 46th Street in New York City. Let me confess at…
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9 Questions with Rick Atkinson
byLearning that one of the most acclaimed military writers of our time has turned his narrative expertise towards the American Revolution is exciting news…
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The American Vicars of Bray
byLoyalists, those Americans who openly supported the British Government during the American Revolution, have been largely assumed to have had unchanging allegiance during the…
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The JAR 2023 Annual is Now Available
byEach spring for the past nine years we have published the Journal of the American Revolution Annual volume. Each book represents those articles selected…
This Week on Dispatches: Mike Matheny on Remembering Horatio Gates
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Mike Matheny on the highs and lows of General Horatio Gates’s career and reputation. New…
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Signals and Pilots: Cooperating with the French Fleet, 1778
byFrance officially joined the American colonies in their struggle for independence on February 6, 1778. On this day two treaties were signed: the first was…
Revolutionary War Defenses in Rhode Island
byBOOK REVIEW: Revolutionary War Defenses in Rhode Island by John K. Robertson (Providence: Rhode Island Publications Society, 2022) Mention Rhode Island during the American…