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HMS Roebuck on the Delaware
byThe Royal Navy was designed not just protect the island of Britain and its commerce, but to project Great Britain’s power across the seas….
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Hearty in the Cause: Defending Delaware Bay, Spring 1776
byOn June 30, 1775, the Pennsylvania General Assembly recognized the direct threat Philadelphia faced should the Royal Navy take control of the Delaware and…
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Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 2: Commodore in the Pennsylvania Navy
byThomas Read (1740-1788) of New Castle, Delaware, as we read in the first part of this series, began his seafaring career as a merchant…
This Week on Dispatches: Rand Mirante on Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Rand Mirante on the history of Fort Mifflin, the Revolutionary War-era fort on…
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A Visit to Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
byThe walls grew weak; and fast and hot Against them pour’d the ceaseless shot With unabating fury sent, From battery to battlement; And thunder-like…
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The Lewes Lighthouse Legend Re-examined and Re-interpreted
byThose 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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The Whitall Family and the Battle of Red Bank
byJames 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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A Visit to Old Fort Mercer on the Delaware
byA motorist travelling northbound through New Jersey along Interstate 295, which tracks the east bank of the Delaware River from the Delaware Memorial Bridge,…