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Happy Halloween JAR Readers! Some Spooky Stories from the Revolutionary and Founding Eras

by Editors

We asked our contributors for their favorite spooky stories from the 1765-1805 era. Here are the responses: Robert S. Davis Colonel John Dooly of...

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Interviews

October 30, 2024

This Week on Dispatches: Tim Abbott on the Ordeal of Capt. Bezaleel Beebe’s Company

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Tim Abbott on the ordeal of Captain Bezaleel Beebe's Company of Connecticut Levies who...

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Leisure and Pastimes

October 28, 2024

The Athletic John Adams

by Jack Campbell

It is not often that one comes across inspiration for research from a trading card. But sure enough, when this author came across a...

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The War Years (1775-1783)

October 24, 2024

The Terrible Ordeal of Capt. Bezaleel Beebe’s Company of Connecticut State Levies

by Tim Abbott

Sergeant Solomon Goodwin of Colonel Philip Burr Bradley’s Regiment of Connecticut Levies kept an orderly book for Capt. Bezaleel Beebe’s Company. On November 16,...

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Critical Thinking

October 21, 2024

A Kingly Government? Benjamin Franklin’s Great Fear

by Ray Raphael

In the beginning, there was Congress. On May 29, 1787, a Tuesday, with delegates to the Federal Convention seated and rules settled, Virginia’s governor...

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