Charles Willson Peale

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Critical Thinking, Law, Politics, Politics During the War (1775-1783) February 28, 2019 February 18, 2019

The Fort Wilson Riot and Pennsylvania’s Republican Formation

by Kevin Diestelow

“There has been hell to pay in Philadelphia,” exclaimed Samuel Shaw, referring to the Fort Wilson Riot of October 4, 1779 in a letter…

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Charles Willson Peale’s “Riffle with a Tellescope to it”

by Hugh T. Harrington

When one thinks of a telescopic sight on a rifle one does not think of the Revolutionary War. However strange, there was one documented…

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1. John L Smith Jr. Uplifting Moments in American Revolution History

Well said, John!
2. Gene Procknow The Officers’ Spirited Memorial: A Prelude to the Newburgh Conspiracy

Thanks for the replies and for the officers' backgrounds and the rationale for selection. Upon further reflection, sending two colonels with McDougall demonstrates that the discontent was throughout the officer…
3. L K Simons Explaining Pennsylvania’s Militia

Thank you for a very interesting article. I was browsing some records of York and Cumberland Counties for my ancestor William Scott when I saw him listed as a County…