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Battles, Critical Thinking, Logistics, People March 28, 2023 March 26, 2023

The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

by Michael Barbieri

A lesser-known action during Gen. John Burgoyne’s 1777 campaign occurred at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence in the days surrounding the first battle at Saratoga…

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Arts & Literature, Autobiography and Biography, Reviews March 27, 2023 March 26, 2023

His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

by Al Dickenson

BOOK REVIEW: His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer by Fred Kaplan (New York City, NY: HarperCollins, 2022) Thomas Jefferson was many things….

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Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) March 23, 2023 March 22, 2023

Tragic Accident at Fort Anne: A Story Revealed in Two Primary Source Documents

by Mark R. Anderson

In 1901, the American Monthly Magazine published Rev. David Avery’s journal of the 1776 “Northern Campaign.” Avery had served as chaplain for John Patterson’s Massachusetts…

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Features, News March 23, 2023 March 21, 2023

Time for a Change!

by Editors

We have exciting news for our readers! It’s been ten years. It’s time for a change. Soon, things will look different at JAR. Don’t…

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Economics, Interviews, Law, Postwar Politics (>1783) March 22, 2023 March 21, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Scott M. Smith on Luke Day, Forgotten Leader of Shays’s Rebellion

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Scott M. Smith on Luke Day who, along with Job Shattuck and Daniel Shays, led…

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Arts & Literature, Historic Sites, Interviews, Travel March 22, 2023 March 21, 2023

An Interview with Bob Thompson, author of Revolutionary Roads

by Editors

On a special episode of Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Bob Thompson on his latest book, Revolutionary Roads. New episodes of Dispatches are available for…

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Constitutional Debate, Critical Thinking, Law March 21, 2023 March 20, 2023

The Purpose of the Electoral College: A Seemingly Endless Controversy

by Marvin L. Simner

In recent years the operation of the Electoral College, as specified in Article II of the Constitution, has come under repeated attack by Congressional…

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Crime and Justice, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) March 20, 2023 March 14, 2023

The Great New York Fire of 1776

by Gene Procknow

BOOK REVIEW: The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution by Benjamin L. Carp. (New Haven: Yale University Press,…

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Books and Publications, Critical Thinking, Historiography, Letters and Correspondence March 16, 2023 March 14, 2023

Thomas Jefferson and the Conditions of Good History: Writing About the American Revolution

by M. Andrew Holowchak

Thomas Jefferson has a Thucydidean, or fact-based, approach to the praxis of history. Evidence of that approach appeared early in his life, in his…

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Frontier, Interviews, Militia, The War Years (1775-1783) March 15, 2023 March 14, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Chris Yohn on the Big Runaway

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Chris Yohn, on his research about how settlers in the Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna valley were able…

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Loyalists, Native Americans, Postwar Conflict (>1783) March 14, 2023 March 12, 2023

Attended with Disagreeable Consequences: Cross-Border Shopping for Loyalist Provisions, 1783–1784

by Stuart Lyall Manson

In the months following the end of the American Revolutionary War, British authorities in Canada desperately required supplies for refugee Loyalists slated to be…

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Autobiography and Biography, Reviews March 13, 2023 March 12, 2023

From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne

by Michael Barbieri

BOOK REVIEW: From the Battlefield to the Stage: the Many Lives of General John Burgoyne by Norman S. Poser (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023) It…

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Battles, Memoir, The War Years (1775-1783) March 9, 2023 March 8, 2023

“Earned By Veteran Intrepidity”: Spencer’s Ordinary, June 26, 1781

by Conor Robison

Captain Johann Ewald had much to thank the Almighty for.[1] A heroic stand on the picket line before Norfolk, Virginia, parried an American thrust…

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Critical Thinking, Espionage and Cryptography, Newspapers, The War Years (1775-1783) March 7, 2023 March 8, 2023

Newspapers as a Rebel Source of Intelligence

by Jeffrey H. Michaels

The study of intelligence has always suffered from a bias towards the derring-do of spies, stealing of secrets, breaking of codes, and covert action….

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Arts & Literature, Autobiography and Biography, Reviews, Slavery and Indentured Servitude March 6, 2023 March 3, 2023

The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley

by Nichole Louise

BOOK REVIEW: The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journey Through American Slavery and Independence by David Waldstreicher (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023)…

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Letters and Correspondence, Memoir, The War Years (1775-1783) March 2, 2023 February 28, 2023

Perspectives on the Ten Crucial Days of the Revolution

by David Price

The “Ten Crucial Days” winter campaign of 1776-1777 reversed the momentum of the War for Independence at a moment when what George Washington termed…

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Interviews, Memoir, Newspapers, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 1, 2023 February 28, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Gene Procknow on Ethan Allen and Revolutionary-Era Newspapers

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Gene Procknow on the reputation of Ethan Allen as reported in newspapers of the day….

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Espionage and Cryptography, Journals, Memoir, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) February 28, 2023 February 27, 2023

A Wartime Visit to the Enemy’s Capital

by Louis Arthur Norton

Imagine what it would be like to visit London during the waning days of the American Revolution, to hear about attitudes of British officers…

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Logistics, Reviews, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) February 27, 2023 February 26, 2023

George Washington’s Revenge

by Jason R. Wickersty

BOOK REVIEW: George Washington’s Revenge: The 1777 New Jersey Campaign and How General Washington Turned Defeat into the Strategy that Won the Revolution by Arthur…

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Frontier, Militia, The War Years (1775-1783) February 23, 2023 February 23, 2023

The Big Runaway: Turning Point of the Susquehanna West Branch Settlers

by Chris Yohn

Pennsylvania settlers of the Susquehanna West Branch Valley endured extreme hardship through the first years of the revolution. The men and supplies they provided…

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Crime and Justice, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) February 23, 2023 February 23, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Benjamin L. Carp on Capt. Abraham Van Dyck and Military Justice

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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews distinguished historian, author, and JAR contributor Benjamin L. Carp on his discovery of two separate encounters between…

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Autobiography and Biography, Critical Thinking, Memoir, Newspapers, The War Years (1775-1783) February 21, 2023 February 21, 2023

The Highs and Lows of Ethan Allen’s Reputation as Reported by Revolutionary-Era Newspapers

by Gene Procknow

Ethan Allen’s prevailing reputation among the general population remains that of a daring hero, but has suffered in the eyes of recent historians. Casual…

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Autobiography and Biography, Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) February 20, 2023 February 19, 2023

Samuel Elbert and the Age of Revolution in Georgia, 1740-1788

by Timothy Symington

BOOK REVIEW: Samuel Elbert and the Age of Revolution in Georgia: 1740-1788 by Clay Outzts (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2022) Professor Clay Ouzts has…

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Historic Sites, Memorials, Pension Records February 16, 2023 February 19, 2023

Grave Errors: Inaccurate Markers for the 8th Virginia Regiment Soldiers

by Gabriel Neville

Of the roughly nine hundred men who served at some point in the 8th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War, only fifty-two have identified…

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Economics, Law, People, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Postwar Politics (>1783) February 14, 2023 February 14, 2023

Captain Luke Day: A Forgotten Leader of “Shays’s Rebellion”

by Scott M. Smith

While Daniel Shays (1747-1825) has basked posthumously in the glory of leading the 1786-87 populist rebellion that bears his name, Luke Day (1743-1801) was…

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Diplomacy, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Prisoners of War, Reviews February 13, 2023 February 13, 2023

Prisoners of the Bashaw

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

BOOK REVIEW: Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803–1805 by Frederick C. Leiner (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2022) As the dust…

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Battles, Critical Thinking, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) February 13, 2023 February 13, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: James M. Deitch on Johann Rall at the Battle of Trenton

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor James M. Deitch on whether Hessian commander Johann Rall’s failure at Trenton was due to…

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Crime and Justice, Critical Thinking, Law, Slavery and Indentured Servitude, The War Years (1775-1783) February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023

Two Encounters: Captain Abraham Van Dyck, the “Negro Man,” and Prince Pitkin

by Benjamin L. Carp

Captain Abraham Van Dyck of New York faced military justice twice during the Revolutionary War: first by the British for burning his hometown, and…

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Autobiography and Biography, Features, Interviews February 8, 2023 February 8, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Norman S. Poser on The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Norman S. Poser on his new book, From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives…

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Battles, Critical Thinking, The War Years (1775-1783) February 7, 2023 February 7, 2023

Johann Gottlieb Rall: Tactical Negligence or Personal Negligence at Trenton?

by James M. Deitch

“When a man chooses a calling, he must do everything that can be done in that calling so that he can never suffer reproach…

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Features, Historic Sites, Preservation, Reviews, Travel February 6, 2023 February 8, 2023

Revolutionary Roads

by Patrick H. Hannum

BOOK REVIEW: Revolutionary Roads: Searching for the War That Made America Independent . . . and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly…

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Diplomacy, Espionage and Cryptography, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) February 2, 2023 February 2, 2023

The Lonely Vigil of America’s First Diplomat

by James M. Smith

After the French and Indian War, or the Seven Years War as it was known in Europe, Spain and France began to plan for…

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Features, Reviews January 31, 2023 January 30, 2023

The 2022 Book-of-the-Year

by Editors

Since 2014, the Journal of the American Revolution has recognized the adult nonfiction volume that best mirrors the mission of the journal with its…

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Features, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: John Settle on the 9th Virginia Regiment

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor John Settle on the story of the 9th Virginia Regiment, the Eastern…

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Newspapers, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Reviews January 27, 2023 January 26, 2023

Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America

by Don N. Hagist

BOOK REVIEW: Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America by Jordan E. Taylor (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022) Almost…

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Letters and Correspondence, Myths and Legends, The War Years (1775-1783), Women January 26, 2023 January 25, 2023

Emily Geiger’s Fabulous Ride

by C. Leon Harris, Harriet Imrey, Conner Runyan

Fabulous: adj. 1) wonderful; 2) existing only in fable. Emily Geiger is celebrated in numerous books and articles, memorialized on monuments, and portrayed in videos.[1]…

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Autobiography and Biography, Espionage and Cryptography, Myths and Legends, The War Years (1775-1783) January 24, 2023 January 24, 2023

The Escape of John Champe

by Victor J. DiSanto

In 1876 Currier and Ives issued a lithograph titled The Escape of John Champe: In the endeavour to carry out Washington’s plan to capture…

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Features January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: H. Allen Skinner on Nathanael Greene’s Grand Southern Strategy

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author, US Army civilian historian, and JAR contributor H. Allen Skinner on how Nathanael Greene developed a…

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Political Philosophy, Religion, Reviews January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023

Religious Liberty and the American Founding

by Gabriel Neville

BOOK REVIEW: Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meaning of the First Amendment Religion Clauses by Vincent Phillip Muñoz (Chicago:…

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