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Pension Records, People, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) April 19, 2022 April 15, 2022

The British Soldiers Who Marched to Concord, April 19, 1775

by Don N. Hagist

During the night of April 18-19, 1775, a force of roughly 700 British soldiers left Boston on a mission to find and destroy rebel…

Books and Publications, Primary Sources, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) March 28, 2022 April 11, 2022

These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution

by Timothy Symington

BOOK REVIEW: These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution by Don N. Hagist. (Warwick, England: Helion & Company, Limited,…

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1. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Joe. There is so much there in such things if you take a look. It gets you to the minutia that people like you and me get into.
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Mike. The support documents often have a lot of information. If drill down a bit farther, there are sometimes letters from later generations in the application file that identify…
3. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

You need to take these depositions with a large grain of salt. I use them a lot for my research/writing, but they need at least some confirmation or a parallel…