Annis Boudinot Stockton: The Poet and the General
by“Permit me to thank you, in the most affectionate manner, for the kind wishes you have so happily expressed for me and the partner…
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Emergence of the French Alliance: The Beginning and Final Phases
byIt is widely acknowledged that the military alliance between the United States and France, established in 1778, was responsible not only for a number…
Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York
byBOOK REVIEW: Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York by David N. Gellman (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2022) America’s Founders…
This Week on Dispatches: Victor J. DiSanto on the Men Who Captured British Spy John André
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews museum professional and JAR contributor Victor J. DiSanto on his research into the men who captured British…
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The Great Hurricane(s) of 1780
byThe most common storm that the British navy and army encountered at sea and on land during the American War of Independence was the…
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The 1775 Duel Between Henry Laurens and John Faucheraud Grimké
byCharles Town, the metropolis of the South (today Charleston, South Carolina), was a leading location for duels in the late eighteenth century. One detailed…
This Week on Dispatches: Nancy Rubin Stuart on Benjamin Franklin’s Unconventional Marriage to Deborah Read
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews best-selling author and historian Nancy Rubin Stuart on what made Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read’s marriage one…
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Insurrection and Speculation: A Farmer, Financier, and a Surprising “Sharper” Seeded the Constitution
byThe January 6, 2021 assault on the Capital rocked America, but it was by no means the largest, or even the most threatening, armed…
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Major André’s Captors Revisited: Separating Myth from Historical Reality
byFor more than 200 years, people have debated the character and motives of the three men who captured Major John André on September 23,…
Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778
byBOOK REVIEW: Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 byRicardo A. Herrera (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press,…
British Soldier John Ward Wins Back His Pocketbook
byWe expect writers for the Journal of the American Revolution to use primary sources—things written as close as possible to the time of the events…
Partisan Politics and the Laws Which Shaped the First Congress
byEvery ten years the United States engages in the process of re-apportionment, wherein each state with more than one House seat redraws their Congressional…
July 4 and the Declaration of Independence
byToday, July 4, Americans celebrate independence from Great Britain, independence that was proclaimed by the Declaration of Independence. This is an important thing to…