Such As Are Absolutely Free: Benjamin Thompson’s Black Dragoons
byAt the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, there is an exhibit in the core gallery examining the choices, opportunities and constraints of…
King’s American Regiment
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Plight of the Loyalist Refugees of Lloyd’s Neck, Long Island
byQueens County of Long Island, New York, had an overwhelming Loyalist population throughout the Revolutionary War period. After the war many Loyalists remained on…
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Henry Mowatt and the “Wretched” Ship HMS Albany
byIn 1782, when the sixteen-gun sloop-of-war HMS Albany was determined to be at the end of her usefulness, nobody seemed truly surprised or sad about…
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Donald McCraw of the 42nd Regiment Wields his Broadsword
byIn March and April of 1780, there was a string of home invasions and robberies around the villages of Jamaica and Flushing on Long…