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Colonel Daniel Hitchcock of Rhode Island
As a collateral descendant of Daniel Hitchcock (first cousin, nine times removed), I have always been fascinated by the short but important life of…
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Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Who Supplied Washington’s Suffering Army . . . and the French
Jonathan Trumbull, Senior is the most important governor in Connecticut’s long history. This is not only because of the many key contributions he made…
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“Spirits of Independence”: Ten Taverns of the Revolutionary War Era
City Tavern in Philadelphia is a reconstruction of the famous eighteenth century tavern where countless patriots—both political and military—met throughout the American Revolution, and…
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Ten Graves of Patriot Spies
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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Ten Patriot Soldier Gravesites
A previous article featured ten graves of Americans who served in the Revolutionary War, chosen primarily because of their elaborate monuments. Most of them…
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Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Graves
This list presents the graves of ten soldiers who made remarkable contributions to the founding of the United States and who have a headstone…
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Washington’s Councils of War: A Selective Assessment
A.H. Ritchie’s 1856 engraving entitled “Washington and His Generals” is a creative, imaginary scene, as the dozens of generals shown assembled never congregated in…
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Top Ten Demolished Houses of Revolutionary War-Era Connecticut
This story is the unfortunate flip side of “Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut”: the most significant Connecticut houses demolished in the…
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Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut
“Connecticut: Still Revolutionary,” is the official slogan of Connecticut’s tourism program since about 2014. As a historian who worked in architecture as the son…
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Jedediah Huntington of Connecticut
Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington is an overlooked yet very interesting patriot leader from Connecticut who grew up with Benedict Arnold, fought in several battles,…