Top 10 Articles of August 2016
bySeveral shiny new things were unveiled at the journal in August—new articles, new writers, new emails, new products, new videos, a new feature, a new advertiser…
August, 2016
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How John Adams Won the Hancock Trial
byHistorian Oliver Morton Dickerson was studying American colonial newspapers when he noticed identical articles appearing in newspapers in New York, Pennsylvania, Boston, elsewhere in…
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Sir John Johnson, The Hard Luck Baronet
byJohn Johnson was the only white son of the Anglo-Irish immigrant William Johnson, the superintendent of Northern Indians, who gained considerable fame, fortune and…
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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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The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center
byWebsite review: The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center (also on Facebook) Debunking myths is one of our favorite things at Journal of the American…
Daniel McGirth, Banditti on the Southern Frontier
byThe story repeated itself time and again across the southern districts of Georgia. Alarms raised loudly across a broad area with tales of imminent…
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Stern Measures: Thomas Jefferson Confronts the “Hair Buyer”
byFor a high ranking British official about to be captured by Rebel forces, it was an ominous portent of future treatment. Surrounded at the…
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Top 10 Banastre Tarleton Myths
byHe was arguably the greatest “anti-Hero” produced by either side during the Revolutionary War. From Washington Irving to Mel Gibson, so much has been…
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Who Killed General Agnew? Not Hans Boyer.
byPart of the highly revisionist history of the American Revolution that developed in nineteenth century was an apparent obsession with identifying individual sharpshooter heroes…
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Valiant Ambition
byBook review: Valiant Ambition. George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking Books. 2016) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] Nathaniel…
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William Maxwell, New Jersey’s Hard Fighting General
byBrig. Gen. William “Scotch Willie” Maxwell usually receives scant attention in books covering the American Revolution. If the author mentions Maxwell at all, the…
New! The American Revolution Teacher’s Guide
byJust in time for the new school year, Journal of the American Revolution has launched it’s official Teacher’s Guide, which will help engage students…
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General Israel Putnam: Reputation Revisited
byEntering the American Revolution, Israel Putnam enjoyed an esteemed reputation as a courageous warrior and an accomplished military officer. Putnam earned this repute through…
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The Great Awakening and the American Revolution
byAmerica’s Colonial Odd Couple Scholars of Jonathan Edwards have continually compared him with Benjamin Franklin. Both were born in the early eighteenth century (Edwards…
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Exploring Thomas Jefferson’s Love of Wine
byThomas Jefferson is said to have quipped that, “Good wine is a necessity of life for me.”[1] It was more than his beverage of…
Revolutionary War Olympics: The Games Our Founders Played
byThey may not have enjoyed major league baseball, college football, or competitive ice dancing, but the Revolutionary generation was unquestionably an athletic bunch. Colonial…
How Article 7 Freed 3000 Slaves
byThe American Peace Commissioners, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, signed the preliminary articles of peace in Paris with Richard Oswald,…
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Announcing a New Bus and Boat Tour: The Swamp Fox Rides Again
byThe Swamp Fox Rides Again: Francis Marion’s War in South Carolina Thursday, October 27 (7 p.m.) to Sunday, October 30 (5 p.m.) Led by…
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Alexander Hamilton’s Extramarital Escapades
byThere’s a legend that in the Continental Army winter camp of Morristown, Martha Washington, who spent many winters with her husband,[1] had a prowling…
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Abductions in the American Revolution
byBook review: Abductions in the American Revolution: Attempts to Kidnap George Washington, Benedict Arnold and Other Military and Civilian Leaders by Christian McBurney (McFarland,…