We at JAR are very thankful for all our readers and expert writers. In November, we welcomed two new writers: Charles R. Foy and Nick DeLuca. We also formally announced our newest JAR book, John Adams vs Thomas Paine: Rival Plans for the Early Republic by Jett B. Conner. It’s available for pre-order now with books shipping any day now. December will be a short month with our annual holiday starting soon. Until then, enjoy our most popular articles of November.
- Slavery through the Eyes of Revolutionary Generals by Gene Procknow
- Evans & Bean of the Hampshire Grants by Philip D. Weaver
- John Adams and the Molding of William Vans Murray, Peacemaker by Nick DeLuca
- The Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Second Year: November 1773 – August 1774 by Bob Ruppert
- More ardour than discretion: The tragic death of Major Charles Cochrane by John Knight
- Norfolk, Virginia, Sacked by North Carolina and Virginia Troops by Patrick H. Hannum
- Compelled to Row: Blacks on Royal Navy Galleys During the American Revolution by Charles R. Foy
- The Earl of Dartmouth’s First Year as Secretary of State for the Colonies by Bob Ruppert
- Ebenezer Smith Platt: An American in Newgate Prison in 1777 by Robert Scott Davis
- The Connecticut Captivity of William Franklin, Loyalist by Louis Arthur Norton
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