Christopher Greene

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Culture, Letters and Correspondence, People, Slavery and Indentured Servitude, The War Years (1775-1783) April 14, 2021 April 15, 2021

The Discovery of an Important Letter from a Soldier of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

by Christian McBurney

Last spring, the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, announced its discovery of a handwritten letter from a formerly enslaved man…

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Historic Sites, People, The War Years (1775-1783) October 1, 2019 September 30, 2019

The Whitall Family and the Battle of Red Bank

by Gregory Safko

James W. Whitall (1717-1808) was a prominent Quaker businessman and farmer in the southern region of New Jersey. In 1739 he married Ann Cooper…

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Features, Places, The War Years (1775-1783) August 9, 2018 August 8, 2018

A Visit to Old Fort Mercer on the Delaware

by Rand Mirante

A motorist travelling northbound through New Jersey along Interstate 295, which tracks the east bank of the Delaware River from the Delaware Memorial Bridge,…

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I think you're absolutely right, Bill - that's a point I make in the manuscript I'm working on that's a very extended version of the article. Thanks for your comments,…