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Culture, Newspapers, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Postwar Politics (>1783) November 8, 2018 November 7, 2018

A Revolution in Mottoes: Newspaper Mastheads and the American Revolution

by Jordan E. Taylor

In 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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Arts & Literature February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015

Top 10 Revolutionary War Newspapers

by Carol Sue Humphrey

Historians 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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1. J. L. Bell Catharine Macaulay, England’s First Female Whig Historian, 1763–1772

Yes, Mrs. Macaulay’s second marriage and how people seized on it as a way to minimize her is a dramatic story in itself.
2. KAREN Prytula Catharine Macaulay, England’s First Female Whig Historian, 1763–1772

You left us hanging! So, she turns her interest to the impending war; does she keep writing, does she go to America? You will write more won't you? KarenP
3. William Manthorpe The Dark and Heroic Histories of Georgia’s Signers

In addition to the five delegates from Georgia to Congress mentioned, there was another who had a "dark history;" John Joachim Zubly. I have submitted a short article highlighting Zubly's…