The Capture of North Carolina Governor Thomas Burke
byWhen the vote came on Tuesday, July 26, 1781, before the House’s evening adjournment, it was Thomas Burke’s turn to hold the Executive office…
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This Week on Dispatches: Charles Dewey on Abraham Bancker, Friend of the Republic
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Charles Dewey, US Army National Guard Intelligence Office and a historical interpreter and educator…
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Wampum Belts to Canada: Stockbridge Indian Ambassadors’ Dangerous 1775 Peace Mission
byIn early May 1775, with the Revolutionary War not even one month old, western Massachusetts Patriot leaders and their Stockbridge Indian neighbors developed a plan…
The Latest in the JAR Book Series is Now Available
by“The sad story of colonial oppression commenced in the year 1764. Great Britain then adopted new regulations respecting her colonies, which, after disturbing the…
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Massachusettensis and Novanglus: The Last Great Debate Prior to the American Revolution
byWhen John Adams returned to Massachusetts after the session of the First Continental Congress, he was surprised to find that there was growing opposition…
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William Babcock and His Inaccurate Pension Application
byThe Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston defines primary sources as “immediate, first-hand documents of a topic, from people who had a…
This Week on Dispatches: Philip D. Weaver on Joseph McCracken, New York’s First Revolutionary Captain
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher, author, and living history presenter Philip D. Weaver on New York’s Joseph McCracken, one of the…
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In the Footsteps of Captain Johann Ewald at Yorktown
byAs night slowly gives into morning the salty breeze brings a mist across the suffocating sulphury air filled with fireballs. The fireballs pass each…
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A Reconsideration of Continental Army Numerical Strength at Valley Forge
byOn December 23, 1777, a mere four days after his Continental army entered Valley Forge, George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress expressing the…
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William Tryon and the Park that Still Bears His Name
byFort Tryon Park, sixty-seven acres just north of the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan, is a bucolic refuge among the skyscrapers of New York…
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on South Carolina’s John Rutledge
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews consultant, author, and JAR contributor Eric Sterner on the life of John Rutledge, governor, president, and…
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David Wooster Kept the Men at Quebec: Giving Credit to a Much-Maligned General
byMost modern historical treatments of the American invasion of Canada disparage Brig. Gen. David Wooster for his leadership in Canada. A detailed examination of…
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Contributor Question: If you could curate a museum exhibit . . . .
byThis month, we asked our contributors: If you could curate a museum exhibit about any aspect of the American Revolution and founding era, what…
A Choice Body of Men: The Continental Army on the Upper Ohio
byThe settlers who chose to make their homes in the upper Ohio in the mid to late eighteenth century faced a wide variety of…
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Review: War at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion
byWar at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion by John Knight (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2020) The American Revolution produced numerous well-known…
This Week on Dispatches: William V. Wenger on Foreign Assistance to the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired US Army officer Willam V. Wenger on his research into the contributions of France, Spain,…
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A Fatal Dispute Among the Guards
byThe British evacuation of Philadelphia had been under way for several days. Given the honor to be among the last units to leave, the…
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The 2021 Annual Volume
byThe seventh Journal of the American Revolution Annual Volume is now available. Each annual volume highlights articles selected by our editorial board from the…
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North Carolina and Public Spirit in the American Revolution, 1775–1783
byIn the South, the American Revolution was largely a civil war, one between Whig supporters of American liberties and Loyalists or Tories, who remained…
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“The Predicament We Are In”: How Paperwork Saved the Continental Army
by“Few people know the predicament we are in,” wrote George Washington, while he expressed the Continental army’s dire circumstances.[1] By January 1776, just six months…
This Week on Dispatches: James P. Sieradzki on the New Jersey Shop License Law of 1780
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews attorney and local historian James P. Sieradzki about New Jersey’s attempt to stop illicit trade between…