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Politics During the War (1775-1783) July 15, 2014 August 28, 2016

Honorable Lords and Pretended Barons: Sorting Out the Noblemen of the American Revolution

by Jim Piecuch

The Revolutionary War brought a substantial number of European noblemen to North America, a region that lacked a hereditary aristocracy. Although most of these…

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