Kevin A. Conn, Author at Journal of the American Revolution

Author: Kevin A. Conn

Kevin Conn has taught Advanced Placement U.S. History and German for twenty-six years at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ. A graduate of Williams College with a BA in History and Theatre, he is currently enrolled in the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s MA program in American History at Pace University. An avid participant in Living History events, he usually portrays a soldier in the New Jersey Provincial Frontier Guard, a unit that defended New Jersey against Lenape raids in the French & Indian War, but makes an annual foray into the American Revolution, taking part in the reenactment of Washington’s Crossing.

Espionage and Cryptography Posted on November 24, 2020November 22, 2020

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

One of the most famous or notorious of Tory partisans in the American Revolution was the New Jersey soldier and spy James Moody. Moody had tried to stay quietly neutral at the beginning of the war, but his refusal to sign a loyalty oath to the Patriot government of William Livingston had enraged his Patriot […]

by Kevin A. Conn

Conflict & War Posted on January 21, 2020January 20, 2020

The Lenape Origins of an Independent America: The Catalyst of Pontiac’s War, 1763–1765

In the wake of the Seven Years’ War in North America, the costly British triumph seemed complete. Thus, when a coda to the Seven Years’ War erupted in the interior of North America, it came as an unwelcome shock to the British Empire. War broke out anew, nominally led by the Ottawa chieftain Pontiac, who […]

by Kevin A. Conn