Spanish New Orleans and the Caribbean
byBOOK REVIEW: Spanish New Orleans and the Caribbean edited by Alfred Lemmon (New Orleans, Louisiana: Historic New Orleans Collection, 2022) For anyone interested in the…
BOOK REVIEW: Spanish New Orleans and the Caribbean edited by Alfred Lemmon (New Orleans, Louisiana: Historic New Orleans Collection, 2022) For anyone interested in the…
At the beginning of March 1777, Arthur Lee, a delegate to the United States Congress, urgently requested to meet with the Marquis de Grimaldi,…
The phrase “fourteenth colony” describes a province in British North America that did not revolt alongside the original thirteen colonies. Such a province usually…
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor George Kotlik on Texas’s contributions to the Patriot cause. Throughout the latter…
In discussions on the American Revolutionary War, the contributions of Texas are seldom brought up.[1] But in the 1770s, Texas, inhabited by Spaniards and…
According to Andrew Jackson O’ Shaughnessy, the San Juan Expedition was among “the most ambitious enterprises of the American Revolutionary War.”[1] In 1779, after Spain’s…
Along with the Civil War, the American Revolution is one of the two most iconic events in American history. The Revolution has inspired countless…
Jordi Ferragut Mesquida, better known by his anglicized name George Farragut, was the only known Spanish volunteer who fought under the American flag in…
The story of the Revolutionary War tends to focus on operations and events east of the Appalachian Mountains, with good reason as most of…
The British loss of West Florida in 1781 ushered in a new era for the region, an era dominated by Spanish rule. For some,…
One of the genuine pleasures of research is the discovery of someone whose contributions are barely noticed in classroom histories, but without whom, events…