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News Posted on May 4, 2023May 3, 2023

Remember Baker: A Green Mountain Boy’s Controversial Death and Its Consequences

Despite the imperative nature of his unusual name, Remember Baker has garnered significantly less historical attention than fellow Green Mountain Boys Ethan Allen and Seth Warner. Baker seemed destined for an important role in the Revolutionary War, but his life was cut short in an August 22, 1775 incident across the Quebec border. As a result of […]

by Mark R. Anderson

News Posted on January 19, 2022January 18, 2022

Hell’s Half-Acre: The Fall of Loyalist Crean Brush

On October 18, 1777, New York provincial assemblyman, and tory, Crean Brush, penned his final will and testament from prison in Boston. After nineteen months of incarceration which included being held in irons, and “in a state of body and mind so debilitated by misfortune,” Brush made provisions for his wife Margaret, stepdaughter Frances, and […]

by Eric Wiser

News Posted on December 9, 2021December 8, 2021

Jemima Howe, Frontier Pioneer to Wealthy Widow

Jemima Howe (1724–1805) reflects the strength it took to endure the harsh realities of the Vermont frontier during the American colonial and Revolutionary War eras. Although recognized as the “fair captive” then and now, Jemima was far from a damsel in distress. During her full life, she outlived three husbands and five of her nine […]

by Jane Strachan

News Posted on August 4, 2021August 5, 2021

Phraseology and the “Fourteenth Colony”

The phrase “fourteenth colony” describes a province in British North America that did not revolt alongside the original thirteen colonies. Such a province usually had one or more connections to the American Revolution. The phrase is misleading and has been thrown around freely in literature on the Revolutionary era. There have been at least eight […]

by George Kotlik

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Remember Baker: A Green Mountain Boy’s Controversial Death and Its Consequences

Hell’s Half-Acre: The Fall of Loyalist Crean Brush

Jemima Howe, Frontier Pioneer to Wealthy Widow

Phraseology and the “Fourteenth Colony”