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Arts & Literature May 7, 2015 August 28, 2016

Richard Brunton: An Artist of No Ordinary Character

by Deborah M. Child

In the summer of 1774 when the 38th Regiment of Foot arrived in Boston harbor, amongst the 450 officers and men who disembarked were…

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People February 5, 2015 August 28, 2016

George Washington’s Use of Humor during the Revolutionary War

by Joseph Manca

Most early portraits of George Washington represent him as serious and even dour, and more than a few contemporaries described the man as aloof….

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Arts & Literature February 21, 2014 November 1, 2018

He’d rather be painting…

by Don N. Hagist

The 38th Regiment of Foot, consisting of about 450 officers and men (not to mention about 60 soldiers’ wives and an unknown number of…

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1. Bill Welsch Trading Generals

Thanks, Stephen. Very complete and useful information. Now it's your turn to put this information here.
2. Jett Conner The Yellow Fever Outbreak of 1793: Nine Observations and Lessons

Certainly a timely article. It's worth noting that Thomas Paine, a friend of Rush's during the Revolutionary period, wrote an article in 1806 exploring the causes of the disease. It…
3. William J. Bahr The Yellow Fever Outbreak of 1793: Nine Observations and Lessons

Thanks! Great work. Admittedly on a slightly different direction than your article's focus, I am also under the impression that, given yellow fever's clearing the streets of Philadelphia, the rampaging…