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Jackson Kuhl

Jackson Kuhl

Jackson Kuhl is the author of Samuel Smedley, Connecticut Privateer (The History Press, 2011), a biography of the Revolutionary War patriot and sea captain. Kuhl's journalism has appeared in Connecticut Magazine, the Hartford Courant, National Geographic News, Reason, and other publications.

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Places October 29, 2014 August 28, 2016

The Incredibly Convoluted History of Westmoreland County, Connecticut

In 1662, Charles II, the restored monarch of Great Britain, issued a charter for the founding of Connecticut. The colony’s borders were delineated as…

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People November 1, 2013 August 28, 2016

The Whale-boat Men of Long Island Sound

When the Continental Congress first commissioned the use of private ships and boats of war in April 1776, they specified that each vessel’s commander…

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The War Years (1775-1783) August 22, 2013 August 28, 2016

Samuel Smedley and Prize Division

“I never Emplored my pen in writing more Disagreeable News than at this time,” wrote Samuel Smedley, captain of the Connecticut state ship Defence,…

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