Author: Samuel A. Forman

Sam Forman is an historian, Harvard University faculty member, and physician. Educated in the history of the American Revolution, history of science, and medicine, he publishes and lectures on historical topics that inform current issues. His biography of Joseph Warren is an ambitious debut, a volume sure to become the definitive story of a worthy national figure. Find commentary and full text primary source material by and about Joseph Warren at www.drjosephwarren.com/journal.

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Dimming Spotlight: 5 Tracks to Historical Obscurity

In recent years, Dr. Joseph Warren has earned more of the spotlight in the American Revolution’s cast of characters with some portraying him as a swashbuckling political activist, inspiring speaker, and ladies’ man. However, for decades, Warren’s legacy lurked in the shadows of other American Founders. Ironically, Joseph Warren’s agency as an American Founder was […]

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Valentine to Miss Mercy Scollay

When researching the biography of Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, I had the unexpected pleasure of becoming acquainted with his fiancée Miss Mercy Scollay. Readers of the Journal of the American Revolution may already be familiar with Joseph Warren as the author of the foundational Suffolk Resolves, head of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety […]

by Samuel A. Forman