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Features, Reviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 20, 2021 January 16, 2021

All at Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolution

by Timothy Symington

All At Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolutionary War by John Dillon. (Warwick, England: Helion & Company Limited, 2019) The…

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People, Prewar Conflict (<1775) January 19, 2021 January 17, 2021

The Most Unlucky Man: Patrick Ferguson’s Early Years

by Andrew Waters

Into a house at 333 High Street in what is now Edinburgh’s “Old Town” was born the strange adventurer Patrick Ferguson on June 4, 1744.[1] The…

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) January 18, 2021 January 18, 2021

African Americans in the American Revolution

by Thomas Fleming

Editor’s note: Originally published in JAR in May 2013, this important article about the contribution of African Americans to our nation’s liberty was written…

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Features, Interviews, Letters and Correspondence, Prewar Politics (<1775) January 16, 2021 January 16, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Greg Aaron on Lord Dartmouth’s War of Words

by Editors

Dispatches returns for another season, and on this week’s episode host Brady Crytzer interviews cybersecurity expert and JAR contributor Greg Aaron on Lord Dartmouth, Secretary of…

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Battles, Espionage and Cryptography, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 14, 2021 January 12, 2021

The British Naval Signals Missions of 1781

by William W. Reynolds

Richard Peters’ letter of October 19, 1781, to Gen. George Washington mentioned two missions to obtain copies of certain British naval signals and convey…

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Features, Primary Sources, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) January 13, 2021 January 12, 2021

Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution

by James Kirby Martin

Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution by Don Hagist. Foreword by Rick Atkinson. (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2020) Back in the…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Law, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) January 12, 2021 January 10, 2021

Congress’s “Committee on Spies” and the Court-Martial Policies of General Washington

by Richard Willing

In the weeks before it declared independence, the Continental Congress was already hard at work building the institutions it would need to maintain the…

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Features January 11, 2021 January 9, 2021

The Finalists for the 2020 JAR Book-of-the-Year Award

by Don N. Hagist

The pandemic of 2020 caused disruption and delays in the publishing industry just as it did to so many other facets of the global…

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Patriots, People, Prisoners of War, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 7, 2021 January 6, 2021

Plight of the Seamen: Incarceration, Escape, or Secured Freedom

by Louis Arthur Norton

During the Revolutionary War, the British were particularly sensitive to challenges to their maritime sovereignty. Members of the Continental Navy, states’ navy sailors or…

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Features January 6, 2021 January 5, 2021

Contributor Question: My Favorite Year

by Editors

With the start of a new year, this month we asked our contributors: Which year of the American Revolution and the founding era (circa…

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People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Prisoners of War, The War Years (1775-1783) January 5, 2021 January 3, 2021

James Lovell: Schoolteacher, Prisoner, Patriot

by Jean C. O'Connor

James Lovell, delegate from Massachusetts to the Second Continental Congress and the Confederation Congress from 1777 to 1782, the only member of Congress to…

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Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) January 4, 2021 January 11, 2021

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era

by George Kotlik

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era by Mike Bunn. (Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books, 2020) In Fourteenth Colony, Mike…

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Features, Interviews, News January 2, 2021 January 2, 2021

Best of Dispatches: Colin G. Calloway and The Indian World of George Washington

by Editors

In this week’s program from the Dispatches archives, recorded in February 2019, host Brady Crytzer interviews distinguished historian Colin G. Calloway about his book, The Indian…

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Critical Thinking, Memoir, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 31, 2020 January 4, 2021

Ethan Allen’s “Motley Parcel of Soldiery” at Montreal

by Mark R. Anderson

When Ethan Allen described his defeat and capture outside Montreal at Longue Pointe on September 25, 1775, he observed that “it was a motley…

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Frontier, Logistics, Native Americans, The War Years (1775-1783) December 29, 2020 December 27, 2020

Texas and the American Revolution

by George Kotlik

In discussions on the American Revolutionary War, the contributions of Texas are seldom brought up.[1] But in the 1770s, Texas, inhabited by Spaniards and…

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Features, Interviews December 27, 2020 December 27, 2020

Best of Dispatches: Michael W. Twitty on the Legacy of African American Cuisine

by Editors

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking back in the Dispatches archives to replay a selection of notable interviews. In this episode, first…

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Critical Thinking, Diaries and Journals, Historic Sites, Myths and Legends December 24, 2020 December 21, 2020

Christmas Night, 1776: How Did They Cross?

by William M. Welsch

Editors Note: We first published this article on this date two years ago, but because it is such a good piece and we have…

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Critical Thinking, Historiography, Primary Sources December 23, 2020 December 22, 2020

“The Devil at the Helm:” A Quote that Went Astray

by Don N. Hagist

John Marshall Deane was a soldier in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, among the oldest established regiments of the British army, in March…

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Critical Thinking, Law, People December 22, 2020 December 16, 2020

The Mount Vernon Slave Who Made Good: The Mystery of William Costin

by David O. Stewart

William “Will” Costin was found dead in his own bed on the morning of May 31, 1842. Washington City’s leading newspaper, the Daily National…

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Features, People, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) December 21, 2020 January 11, 2021

John Haslet’s World: An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776

by Timothy Symington

John Haslet’s World: An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776 by David Price. (Nashville, TN: Knox Press, 2020) “‘Noted for his…

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Features, Interviews, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) December 20, 2020 December 20, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on His Latest Book, Noble Volunteers

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and Journal of the American Revolution editor-in-chief, Don N. Hagist on his latest book, Noble Volunteers:…

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Loyalists, Patriots, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 17, 2020 December 15, 2020

Women of Revolutionary War Georgia

by Robert Scott Davis

The September 3, 2020 issue of the Journal of the American Revolution published “Margaret Eustace and Her Family Pass Through the American Revolution.” Margaret Eustace, the…

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Prisoners of War, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) December 16, 2020 January 11, 2021

Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution

by Kelly Mielke

Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution by T. Cole Jones (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020)…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Historic Sites, Memorials, Patriots December 15, 2020 December 14, 2020

Ten Graves of Patriot Spies

by Damien Cregeau

Spies. They lived in the shadows playing a very dangerous, life-or-death game while they served in various roles of espionage for the patriot cause…

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Features, Food & Lifestyle, The War Years (1775-1783) December 14, 2020 December 13, 2020

Contributor Question: What is Your Favorite Beverage of the Revolutionary Era?

by Editors

This month, we asked our contributors: With many different holidays and celebrations approaching, what is your favorite beverage known to have been consumed during…

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Features, Interviews, Loyalists, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 12, 2020 December 12, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Kevin A. Conn on the Remarkable Career of Loyalist Soldier and Spy James Moody

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews AP History teacher and JAR contributor Kevin A. Conn on the remarkable career of New Jersey Loyalist…

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Critical Thinking, Economics, Frontier, Law, Postwar Politics (>1783) December 10, 2020 December 4, 2020

The Revolutionary Language and Behavior of the Whiskey Rebels

by Kyler Burd

The image of a nation united in the aftermath of the American Revolution, content with hard-fought for and hard-won independence, is largely a grade…

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Illness and Disease, Medicine, Religion December 8, 2020 December 3, 2020

Yellow Fever and Church Attendance

by Brian Patrick O'Malley

John Adams was certain he made a mistake by going to church. Philadelphia’s yellow fever outbreak only ended in November 1793. On Sunday, December…

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Features, Political Philosophy, Reviews December 7, 2020 December 3, 2020

The Colonists’ American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607–1783

by Timothy Symington

 The Colonists’ American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783, by Guy Chet (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2020) To my way of thinking, when we try…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 5, 2020 December 5, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Ken Daigler on Nathanael Greene and His Spy Network

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews espionage expert, former CIA operations officer, and JAR contributor Ken Daigler on General Nathanael Greene and his…

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Conflict & War, Frontier, Native Americans, Primary Sources, Strategy, Techniques & Tech December 3, 2020 November 28, 2020

La Petite Guerre and American Indian Irregular Warfare: Siblings, But Not Twins

by Brian Gerring

When the major European powers began to use light troops in the mid-eighteenth century, they typically employed them in a manner of war that…

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Loyalists, Patriots, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 2, 2020 December 4, 2020

William Allen and His Family: Tories or Patriots?

by Robert N. Fanelli

Common wisdom paints William Allen, a wealthy and prominent Pennsylvanian, as a traitor to the cause of American independence. As the revolution grew, the…

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Autobiography and Biography, The War Years (1775-1783) December 1, 2020 November 28, 2020

Biographical Sketches of Royal Militia Commanders in the South Carolina Mid- and Lowcountry, North Carolina, and Georgia, 1780–82

by Ian Saberton

Introduction This article supplements one relating to royal militia commanders in the South Carolina Backcountry that appeared in the Journal of the American Revolution…

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Autobiography and Biography, The War Years (1775-1783) November 30, 2020 November 28, 2020

Biographical Sketches of Royal Militia Commanders in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1780–82

by Ian Saberton

Introduction After the British capture of Charlestown in mid May 1780 the Crown hoped to raise substantial numbers of militia not only to maintain…

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Features, Interviews, People, Postwar Conflict (>1783) November 28, 2020 November 28, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Joseph E. Wroblewski on John Paul Jones and Thaddeus Kosciuszko in Warsaw, 1789

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Joseph E. Wroblewski about the chance encounter of two legendary figures of American independence, John…

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Arts & Literature, Critical Thinking, Political Philosophy November 26, 2020 November 26, 2020

Cicero and the American Revolution

by Paul Meany

Despite Cicero’s significant reputation and widespread readership, little scholarship has focused upon Cicero’s reputation and oratorical practices’ influence upon the Founding Generation. Once Cicero…

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Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) November 25, 2020 November 22, 2020

Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution

by Timothy Symington

Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution by Donald F. Johnson (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020) Several cities in Revolutionary…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Loyalists, People, Prisoners of War, The War Years (1775-1783) November 24, 2020 November 22, 2020

Contingencies, Capture, and Spectacular Getaway: the Imprisonment and Escape of James Moody

by Kevin A. Conn

One of the most famous or notorious of Tory partisans in the American Revolution was the New Jersey soldier and spy James Moody. Moody…

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Primary Sources, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) November 23, 2020 November 22, 2020

The Aborted Virginia Campaign and Its Aftermath, May to August 1781

by Ian Saberton

Lt. General Earl Cornwallis, the British general officer commanding in the south, arrived at Petersburg in the morning of May 20, 1781, having marched…

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