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Louis Arthur Norton

Louis Arthur Norton

Louis Arthur Norton, a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, has published extensively on maritime history topics that include Joshua Barney: Hero of the Revolutionary War and Captains Contentious: The Dysfunctional Sons of the Brine. Two of his articles were awarded the 2002 and 2006 and Gerald E. Morris Prize for maritime historiography in the Mystic Seaport Museum’s LOG. Dr. Norton received the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association’s 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 awards for fiction and essay writing respectively.

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Crime and Justice, People, The War Years (1775-1783) August 18, 2022 August 17, 2022

Justice, Deterrence, and Fitful Revenge During the Revolutionary War

“War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.”[1] The application of justice during the Revolutionary War deserves scrutiny. Historic records related to people condemned…

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Autobiography and Biography, Medicine, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 22, 2022 March 21, 2022

John Greenwood: Adroit Multi-talented Patriot

This historical chronical is about an unusual multifaceted patriot: a musician, soldier, privateer, author, and dentist. On May 17, 1760, John Greenwood was born…

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People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) November 9, 2021 November 11, 2021

Falcon Fans the Flames of Revolution: The Misadventures of Captain John Linzee

At the onset of the Revolutionary War, coastal towns north of Boston such as Salem, Marblehead, Beverly, and Gloucester were patrolled by British naval…

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Autobiography and Biography, People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) August 17, 2021 August 15, 2021

Silas Talbot, Continental Army Mariner

Silas Talbot was a remarkable Revolutionary War notable who was astute and tactically flexible. He was at various times an artisan, entrepreneur, privateer, Rhode…

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Newspapers, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Primary Sources April 13, 2021 April 9, 2021

Print Media and Isaiah Thomas

‘Tis to ye Press & Pen we Mortals owe All we believe & almost all we know: —George Fischer, The American Instructor: or, Young…

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Patriots, People, Prisoners of War, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 7, 2021 January 6, 2021

Plight of the Seamen: Incarceration, Escape, or Secured Freedom

During the Revolutionary War, the British were particularly sensitive to challenges to their maritime sovereignty. Members of the Continental Navy, states’ navy sailors or…

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People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) October 20, 2020 October 18, 2020

The Marauder and Malefactor of Maine

The vast eastern province of Massachusetts, now the state of Maine, was the site of some important military events during the Revolutionary War. Several…

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Law, People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 24, 2020 March 21, 2020

The Revolutionary War Origin of the Whistleblower Law

The so called “whistleblower law” had a salty source. It did not emanate from the shrill sound of a boatswain’s pipe, but rather a…

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People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) October 17, 2019 October 17, 2019

Joshua Barney, the Hyder-Ally‘s Triumph, and its Aftermath

One of the most colorful men to seek and earn an officer’s commission in the Continental Navy was Joshua Barney. He was a man…

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Battles, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) August 20, 2019 August 19, 2019

The Battle between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis

Author’s note: Continental Navy midshipman Nathaniel Fanning’s eyewitness account of the American Revolution’s most famous naval battle is among the most detailed available. This…

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Conflict & War, People, The War Years (1775-1783) July 17, 2018 July 16, 2018

The Revolutionary War’s Most Enigmatic Naval Captain: Pierre Landais

One American Revolutionary War naval captain, Pierre Landais, appeared paranoid and somewhat deranged. Landais was a French merchantman lieutenant who trafficked arms to America…

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Features, The War Years (1775-1783) May 7, 2018 May 6, 2018

The Battle of Beaufort

South Carolina, by several measures, was the most affluent and economically important pre-revolutionary British colony in North America. Largely agrarian and sparsely settled, it…

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Features November 1, 2017 October 29, 2017

The Connecticut Captivity of William Franklin, Loyalist

War, an odious invention of man, attempts to portray the enemy as subhuman, unworthy of normal sympathy. Civilized societies respected the sanctity of human…

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The War Years (1775-1783) March 6, 2017 February 22, 2017

Admiral Rodney Ousts the Jews from St. Eustatius

An incongruous spectacle greeted a scorching Caribbean sun that shone upon a stone quay. Tall slim palms seemed to wave a mournful farewell while…

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People April 15, 2015 August 28, 2016

Captain Gustavus Conynham: America’s Successful Naval Captain or Accidental Pirate?

Shortly after the onset of the Revolutionary War, Americans started to harass British commercial shipping close-to-home. One ship captain who engaged in this type…

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