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…
Bernardo de Galvez
A Donkey, A Suit, and a Quixote for George Washington
byAt the beginning of March 1777, Arthur Lee, a delegate to the United States Congress, urgently requested to meet with the Marquis de Grimaldi,…
5
Phraseology and the “Fourteenth Colony”
byThe phrase “fourteenth colony” describes a province in British North America that did not revolt alongside the original thirteen colonies. Such a province usually…
This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on Texas and the American Revolution
byOn 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…
1
Texas and the American Revolution
byIn discussions on the American Revolutionary War, the contributions of Texas are seldom brought up.[1] But in the 1770s, Texas, inhabited by Spaniards and…
2
The British Invade Nicaragua: The San Juan Expedition
byAccording 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…
9
Monuments to the American Revolution
byAlong with the Civil War, the American Revolution is one of the two most iconic events in American history. The Revolution has inspired countless…
2
George Farragut: The Epitome of an American Colonial
byJordi Ferragut Mesquida, better known by his anglicized name George Farragut, was the only known Spanish volunteer who fought under the American flag in…
2
James Willing and the Mississippi Expedition
byThe story of the Revolutionary War tends to focus on operations and events east of the Appalachian Mountains, with good reason as most of…
2
James Bruce’s Report on the Situation of West Florida and Havana, 1782
byThe British loss of West Florida in 1781 ushered in a new era for the region, an era dominated by Spanish rule. For some,…
4
The Perfect Storm: Bernardo de Gálvez and the Gulf Coast Campaign
byOne of the genuine pleasures of research is the discovery of someone whose contributions are barely noticed in classroom histories, but without whom, events…