Cape Henlopen

Features, Interviews, Myths and Legends, Primary Sources January 20, 2020 January 20, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr. on the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse and Historical Accuracy

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On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews William Manthorpe, a former naval intelligence officer, government senior executive, and professor who specializes on the naval…

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The Lewes Lighthouse Legend Re-examined and Re-interpreted

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

Those who write “local history” without documenting or citing their sources may as well be writing historical fiction. There may be some truth in…

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1. Gabe Neville General Isaac Gregory’s Fictitious Treason

A dirty trick, if there ever was one! Thanks for telling this story.
2. robert north Maj. Gen. John Sullivan and the Occupation of Easton, Pennsylvania, May 7–June 18, 1779

What is the basis of this statement "Then came Israel Putnam, evaluated as inept."
3. Thomas Verenna Maj. Gen. John Sullivan and the Occupation of Easton, Pennsylvania, May 7–June 18, 1779

To add to this comment, it is worth noting that the whole campaign was ineffective. The raiding in Northampton County and the rest of the frontiers did not slow down.…