Kenneth J. Olson, Author at Journal of the American Revolution

Kenneth J. Olson

Kenneth J. Olson has spent more than twenty years studying and collecting the images, documents and relics of American history. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston University and lives in historic Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, daughter and son. He is CEO of Period Americana, a leading merchant in the historic American artifacts.

Memoir, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Primary Sources September 27, 2018 September 26, 2018

Aunt Flora Remembers the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Did you see the Volunteers! Did you see the Volunteers! Marching to parade Their hearts are true Their facings blue They are six feet…

Kenneth J. Olson

Aunt Flora Remembers the Irish Rebellion of 1798

An American Bolingbroke: John Taylor of Caroline’s Republican Opposition, 1792–1794, Part 2 of 2

An American Bolingbroke: John Taylor of Caroline’s Republican Opposition, 1792–1794, Part 1 of 2

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