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Newspapers as a Rebel Source of Intelligence
byThe study of intelligence has always suffered from a bias towards the derring-do of spies, stealing of secrets, breaking of codes, and covert action….
James Rivington
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Charles Lee—The Continental Army’s Most Prolific Essayist General
byMaj. Gen. Charles Lee’s substantial literary contributions to the American independence movement have been overshadowed by his challenging Gen. George Washington for Continental Army…
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Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union
byLate in September 1774 the Continental Congress was in the middle of an ongoing debate on the means that should be implemented to restore…
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George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring: Separating Fact from Fiction
byThe efforts of a group of self-taught Patriot spies who would later become known as the Culper Spy Ring played an important role in…
Print Media and Isaiah Thomas
by‘Tis to ye Press & Pen we Mortals owe All we believe & almost all we know: —George Fischer, The American Instructor: or, Young…
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The British Naval Signals Missions of 1781
byRichard Peters’ letter of October 19, 1781, to Gen. George Washington mentioned two missions to obtain copies of certain British naval signals and convey…
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Ten Graves of Patriot Spies
bySpies. They lived in the shadows playing a very dangerous, life-or-death game while they served in various roles of espionage for the patriot cause…
A Moonlighting British Army Surgeon
byDuring the American War of Independence, the British Army officer corps routinely relegated its surgeons and physicians to a secondary status among its ranks….
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A Revolution in Mottoes: Newspaper Mastheads and the American Revolution
byIn early 2017, the Washington Post debuted a new masthead with the motto “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” At about the same time, the New…
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Top 10 Revolutionary War Newspapers
byHistorians have long praised newspapers for the role they played during the American Revolution, but they don’t always zero in on specific papers that…
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Top 10 Printers
byFor Americans in the Revolutionary era, newspapers provided a major source of information about events related to the conflict with Great Britain. The people…
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James Rivington: King’s Printer
and Patriot Spy?
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This article was originally published in Journal of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 (Ertel Publishing, 2013). Solving “the Most Astounding” Mystery of the American…
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Most Underrated Revolutionary?
byWhile Nathanael Greene is getting greater recognition, I believe his contributions are still undervalued because the American cause in the South was on “life…
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Reverend Seabury’s Pamphlet War
byIn the fall of 1774, just before adjourning, the First Continental Congress outlined the Articles of Association, an aggressive plan of economic resistance to…
America’s Favorite Pastime 1774
byOne of America’s favorite pastimes in 1774 was the cruel bloodsport of bull-baiting, pitting an enraged bull against several tough dogs in a fight…