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France and Spain Invade England—Almost
byOn February 6, 1778, France signed two treaties with the United States, one of Amity and Commerce, the other, a defensive Alliance.[1] In them, France…
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Smoking the Smallpox Sufferers
byAt about midnight on September 29, 1792, Ashley Bowen and his young assistant, Tucker Huy, heard a carriage clatter up the Boston Road and…
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A General’s Funeral: The Burial of Enoch Poor Revisted
byIn the May 30, 2016 issue of this Journal, Todd W. Braisted introduced us to General Enoch Poor of New Hampshire, his death, and…
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Misadventures in the Countryside: Escape from a British Prison Ship
byThomas Painter inhaled sea water. As he struggled to recover from the “draft of Salt Water” that flooded his mouth and throat, he was…
This Week on Dispatches: Brian O’Malley on the 1776 Horror Show
byIn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Brian O’Malley about the sudden release of 2,000 “sickly and emaciated” Continental soldiers and sailors in 1776…
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Walking Skeletons: Starvation on Board the Jersey Prison Ship
byEighteen-year-old Andrew Sherburne’s younger brother, Samuel, guided Sherburne into a room away from the rest of the family to help wash and dress him….
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1776—The Horror Show
byThe British Army held New York City from 1776 to November 25, 1783. In prisoner exchanges, royal forces in New York periodically released prisoners…
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Death Had Almost Lost Its Sting: Disease on the Prison Ship Jersey
by“There, rebels, there is a cage for you.”[1] Forced to row under guard of British marines, a boatload of captured American sailors approached the…
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20 Terrifying Revolutionary War Soldier Experiences
byA soldier’s life in the eighteenth century was surely difficult. Most people think only of the total war that raged on, where troops marched…