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Top Ten Quotes by Francis Lord Rawdon
byFor the past two years I have had the good fortune to be heading up a project to gather, for eventual publication, the correspondence…
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Benjamin Franklin’s Unconventional Marriage to Deborah Read
byShe was neither beautiful nor wealthy. Nor was Benjamin Franklin’s wife educated or intellectual. Nevertheless in 1724 he proposed to Deborah Read while renting…
Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America
byBOOK REVIEW: Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America by Michael D. Breidenbach (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021) Most Americans…
This Week on Dispatches: Todd W. Braisted on Point/Counterpoint between Israel Putnam and William Tryon
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Todd W. Braisted on Israel Putnam and William Tryon trying to influence Hessian…
America Begins: How Connecticut’s Samuel Johnson Created America
by“The great End and Business therefore of Philosophy, is to make us truly happy; and this is the End ultimately pursued through all the…
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King Frederick the Great and the American Colonies—Mit Complimenten Aweissen
byMit Complimenten Aweissen (put him off with compliments) Arthur Lee, one of the American Commissioners stationed in Paris, was appointed minister to the Prussian Court…
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Fort Ticonderoga, The Last Campaigns
byBOOK REVIEW: Fort Ticonderoga, The Last Campaigns, War in the North 1777-1783 by Mark Edward Lender (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2022) Mark Edward Lender’s recent book…
This Week on Dispatches: Brian Koyn on George Washington’s Emotional Intelligence and the Newburgh Conspiracy
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews US Army chaplain Brian Koyn on how modern emotional intelligence research can provide insight on how George…
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George III’s (Implicit) Sanction of the American Revolution
byIn Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774), Jefferson wrote of King George III’s unwillingness to use his “negative” to veto unjust proposals….
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The Articles of Confederation and Western Expansion
byThe Articles of Confederation described the first government of the new United States. As one may imagine from understanding the later debates on the…
Informing a Nation: The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
byBOOK REVIEW: Informing a Nation: The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson by Mel Laracey (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021) In Informing a Nation:…
Point/Counterpoint, 1777 Style: Dueling Proclamations from Israel Putnam and William Tryon
byAs the year 1777 drew to a close, the region around the city of New York had been under British control for a year….
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King Frederick the Great and the American Colonies: The Preliminaries
byUpon the death of his grandfather on May 31, 1740, Frederick William II of the House of Hohenzollern became the King of Prussia. Over…
A Very Fine Regiment: The 47th Foot During the American War of Independence, 1773–1783
byBOOK REVIEW: A Very Fine Regiment: The 47th Foot during the American War of Independence, 1773-1783 by Paul Knight. (Warwick, UK: Helion Publishing, 2022) The…
This Week on Dispatches: Christian McBurney on How Rhode Island Prevented an Enslaved Family from Being Transported to the South
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Rhode Island and Revolutionary War historian Christian McBurney on uncovering the extraordinary story of a man from…
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First in Emotional Intelligence: George Washington During the Newburgh Conspiracy
byGeneral George Washington stood in front of his assembled officers, reading glasses in hand, and stated, “Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on…
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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
byBOOK REVIEW: Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolan (New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2022) Marine historian Eric Jay…
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Williamsport, DC? How a Maryland Town Vied to be the Nation’s Capital
byAfter seven years of fighting in the Revolutionary War, Otho Holland Williams returned home. It was the Spring of 1782. When he left Frederick,…
The 2022 JAR Annual Volume
byThe eighth straight uniform volume of selected articles from the previous calendar year is now available. The articles in the Journal of the American…
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John Adams and the Rule of Law
byIn the Spring of 1776, as the American Revolution was underway the movement of the Colonies towards independence was just starting to gain steam….
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Weaponizing Impeachment: Justice Samuel Chase and President Thomas Jefferson’s Battle Over the Process
byThere was much discussion over the impeachment process during the Constitution’s ratifying debates. Federalists argued that the ability to impeach an individual gave disproportionate…
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Contributor Question: If We Only Had A Portrait . . .
byThis month we asked our contributors, which person, for whom no image is known to exist, would you like to discover a full-length portrait…
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Rhode Island Acts to Prevent an Enslaved Family from Being Transported to the South
byThe American Revolution spurred the world’s first significant movement to abolish slavery and the African slave trade.[1] Before then, there was virtually no antislavery…
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The Brothers Bliss: A Soldier’s Account Behind the New York Lines
byThe Bliss Family roots run deep in Connecticut. Born in England around 1618, Thomas Bliss became a founder of Hartford and Norwich, Connecticut before…
“The Chiefs Now in This City:” Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America
by“The Chiefs Now in This City:” Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin G. Calloway (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021) BOOK…
This Week on Dispatches: M. Andrew Holowchak on Thomas Jefferson on Rebellion, Revolution, and “Treason”
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian M. Andrew Holowchak on interpreting the distinctions Thomas Jefferson made between rebellion, revolution, and treason. New…
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Edward Hand’s American Journey
byIt has been said of Edward Hand that he was “the stuff of which the hard core” of Washington’s army was made.[1] Indeed, he may…
William Goforth: A Life of Patriotism, Courage, and Honor
byWilliam Goforth played significant roles in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio in the age of the American Revolution and the Early Republic and he…
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Thomas Plumb, British Soldier, Writes Home from Rhode Island
by“Dear Brother,” wrote Thomas Plumb from Newport, Rhode Island, on February 22, 1777, “this comes with my kind Love to you and hope these…
This Week on Dispatches: James M. Deitch on the 23rd, 25th, and 27th Grievances of the Declaration of Independence
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Marine Corps veteran and JAR contributor James M. Deitch on his analysis of the 23rd, 25th,…
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“Acts Against the Oppressions of the Government”: Jefferson on Rebellion, Revolution, and “Treason”
byJefferson’s views on rebellion and revolution, when they are addressed, are often largely misapprehended in the secondary literature. One reason for the confusion is…
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Charles Thomson and the Delaware
byThere are many, many founding fathers in the story of America’s Revolution and unfortunately only a few are really known to the general public….
Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World
byBOOK REVIEW: Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World by Richard Middleton (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022). It says something about an…
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick H. Hannum and Frederick R. Kienle on George Washington’s Leadership Advice
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews long-time JAR contributor Patrick H. Hannum and his co-author Frederick R. Keinle on George Washington’s leadership…
Orderly Book of the 5th Continental Infantry Regiment, New Hampshire Historical Society
byIn the summer and fall of 1776, the decrepit fortifications at Ticonderoga and the area surrounding it became one of the top five population…
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The 27th Grievance of the Declaration of Independence
by“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known…
The 25th Grievance of the Declaration of Independence
byWhen Thomas Jefferson wrote the twenty-seven grievances against the King listed in the Declaration of Independence, he did so with the intention of encapsulating…
This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on the British Soldiers who Marched to Concord
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR managing editor Don N. Hagist on the demographics of the British soldiers who marched to…
Benjamin Franklin, Fireman
byBenjamin Franklin was a man of many talents and titles. He was a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, politician, diplomat, and philosopher, among other things….