74th Regiment of Foot

Crime and Justice, Law, Pension Records, People, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) July 7, 2022 July 6, 2022

British Soldier John Ward Wins Back His Pocketbook

by Don N. Hagist

We expect writers for the Journal of the American Revolution to use primary sources—things written as close as possible to the time of the events…

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1. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Joe. There is so much there in such things if you take a look. It gets you to the minutia that people like you and me get into.
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Mike. The support documents often have a lot of information. If drill down a bit farther, there are sometimes letters from later generations in the application file that identify…
3. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

You need to take these depositions with a large grain of salt. I use them a lot for my research/writing, but they need at least some confirmation or a parallel…