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Letters and Correspondence, Patriots, Prewar Politics (<1775) August 4, 2020 August 3, 2020

A “Truly Noble” Resistance: The Sons of Liberty in Connecticut

by Dayne Rugh

The role of Connecticut’s Sons of Liberty is one that exemplifies the state’s rich history of self-governance and fiercely independent spirit. Their swift reaction…

Features, Interviews October 11, 2019 October 11, 2019

This Week on Dispatches: John G. McCurdy on the Quartering Act

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and author John G. McCurdy, professor of history at Eastern Michigan University, about the quartering act,…

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1. Stuart Manson The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

He was, however, the fellow who was killed at the Battle of Stone Arabia (Mohawk Valley area), October 19, 1780, by a Loyalist-British-Indigenous raiding party under Sir John Johnson.
2. John Concannon The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

Thank you for this informative article. As a point of clarification, this article by Michael Barbieri refers to Col. John Brown, someone not to be confused with the John Brown…
3. Christian McBurney The Great New York Fire of 1776

A model book review Gene well done. Benjamin in his book discusses the possibility that Washington secretly ordered the fires but the author prudently does not go overboard on the…