Author: Robert Swanson

Robert Swanson, originally from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, is a PhD candidate at the University of Missouri. His work focuses on American 19th Century politics, antislavery, and religion. He received his bachelor's in history from Brigham Young University and a master's in history from Rutgers University–Camden. He has published in various journals, including the Journal of Mormon History, The New American Antiquarian, American Nineteenth-Century History, the Journal of Pennsylvania History, and New Jersey Studies. He also works as a research assistant at the State Historical Society of Missouri.

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American Whig Ideology and Canadian Participation in the American Revolution

In 1783, the Second Canadian, also known as Congress’s Own Regiment or Hazen’s Infernals, was a combination of two regiments formed in 1775 and 1776 for the Continental Army.[1] During the American Revolution its members fought in battles across the Upper and Middle former colonies. By the end of the war, they were a motley […]

by Robert Swanson