Ezra Stiles

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Culture, People, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) April 1, 2021 March 31, 2021

Easy as Falling Off a Horse

by Joseph Lee Boyle

Horses have been used for transportation for thousands of years, but have caused countless injuries and deaths. There is a saying that the only…

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Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) May 5, 2020 May 4, 2020

General Charles Lee Imposes Oaths of Allegiance on Newport Tories, 1775

by Christian McBurney

Major General Charles Lee visited Newport, Rhode Island, in late December 1775, where he—controversially—insisted that local Loyalists take an oath of allegiance to the…

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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Politics (>1783), Religion September 2, 2019 September 2, 2019

America’s Revolution Against Toleration: The Rise of True Religious Liberty

by Brian Patrick O'Malley

In 1793, a widely circulated American editorial observed, “A few years ago, to say of any man that he was ‘a friend to toleration,’…

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1. David Price The Significance of John Cadwalader

Thank you for the nostalgic feedback, Joseph. I don't have such Trenton roots myself but did work in the city for 34 years as a NJ state employee.
2. Ray Blakeney, UE Searching for Samuel’s Service: Stories of the Revolution Revealed Through One Man

I am a descendant of a loyalist on both my father and mother's side. My father's ancestor and his brother served in the S.C. Militia at Kings Mountain and later…
3. Kim The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

Now I will have to make a flying trip to the local library! This looks great! Thanks, Don! Kim