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Contributor Question: If We Only Had A Portrait . . .
byThis month we asked our contributors, which person, for whom no image is known to exist, would you like to discover a full-length portrait…
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Rhode Island Acts to Prevent an Enslaved Family from Being Transported to the South
byThe American Revolution spurred the world’s first significant movement to abolish slavery and the African slave trade.[1] Before then, there was virtually no antislavery…
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The Brothers Bliss: A Soldier’s Account Behind the New York Lines
byThe Bliss Family roots run deep in Connecticut. Born in England around 1618, Thomas Bliss became a founder of Hartford and Norwich, Connecticut before…
“The Chiefs Now in This City:” Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America
by“The Chiefs Now in This City:” Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin G. Calloway (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021) BOOK…
This Week on Dispatches: M. Andrew Holowchak on Thomas Jefferson on Rebellion, Revolution, and “Treason”
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian M. Andrew Holowchak on interpreting the distinctions Thomas Jefferson made between rebellion, revolution, and treason. New…
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Edward Hand’s American Journey
byIt has been said of Edward Hand that he was “the stuff of which the hard core” of Washington’s army was made.[1] Indeed, he may…
William Goforth: A Life of Patriotism, Courage, and Honor
byWilliam Goforth played significant roles in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio in the age of the American Revolution and the Early Republic and he…
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Thomas Plumb, British Soldier, Writes Home from Rhode Island
by“Dear Brother,” wrote Thomas Plumb from Newport, Rhode Island, on February 22, 1777, “this comes with my kind Love to you and hope these…
This Week on Dispatches: James M. Deitch on the 23rd, 25th, and 27th Grievances of the Declaration of Independence
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Marine Corps veteran and JAR contributor James M. Deitch on his analysis of the 23rd, 25th,…
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“Acts Against the Oppressions of the Government”: Jefferson on Rebellion, Revolution, and “Treason”
byJefferson’s views on rebellion and revolution, when they are addressed, are often largely misapprehended in the secondary literature. One reason for the confusion is…
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Charles Thomson and the Delaware
byThere are many, many founding fathers in the story of America’s Revolution and unfortunately only a few are really known to the general public….
Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World
byBOOK REVIEW: Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World by Richard Middleton (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022). It says something about an…
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick H. Hannum and Frederick R. Kienle on George Washington’s Leadership Advice
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews long-time JAR contributor Patrick H. Hannum and his co-author Frederick R. Keinle on George Washington’s leadership…
Orderly Book of the 5th Continental Infantry Regiment, New Hampshire Historical Society
byIn the summer and fall of 1776, the decrepit fortifications at Ticonderoga and the area surrounding it became one of the top five population…
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The 27th Grievance of the Declaration of Independence
by“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known…
The 25th Grievance of the Declaration of Independence
byWhen Thomas Jefferson wrote the twenty-seven grievances against the King listed in the Declaration of Independence, he did so with the intention of encapsulating…
This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on the British Soldiers who Marched to Concord
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR managing editor Don N. Hagist on the demographics of the British soldiers who marched to…
Benjamin Franklin, Fireman
byBenjamin Franklin was a man of many talents and titles. He was a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, politician, diplomat, and philosopher, among other things….
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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 British Soldiers Who Marched to Concord, April 19, 1775
byDuring the night of April 18-19, 1775, a force of roughly 700 British soldiers left Boston on a mission to find and destroy rebel…
French Military Hospitals in Rhode Island
byLouis-Dominique Éthis de Corny (1736–1790),Commissioner of War, came to America aboard the French warship Hermione along with Maj. Gen. Marie Jean Paul Joseph du Motier…
This Week on Dispatches: Travis Copeland on the Attack on North Carolina’s Fort Johnston
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Travis Copeland about a watershed moment in North Carolina’s independence movement, the attack on…
Contributor Question: What is Your Favorite New Book?
byThis month, we asked our contributors to name their favorite new book (published within the last two years) on the American Revolution or America’s…