New York Manumission Society

Autobiography and Biography, Law, Reviews, Slavery and Indentured Servitude July 25, 2022 July 25, 2022

Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

by Jeff Broadwater

BOOK REVIEW: Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York by David N. Gellman (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2022) America’s Founders…

Autobiography and Biography, Frontier, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 10, 2022 May 9, 2022

William Goforth: A Life of Patriotism, Courage, and Honor

by Mark R. Anderson

William Goforth played significant roles in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio in the age of the American Revolution and the Early Republic and he…

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1. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

That was a joke about the attorneys (the grin text was not picked up when the comment posted).
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Mark, likewise. Thanks also for the correction. I love working with original documents, but transcriptions can sometimes be difficult. Many of the pension application files are actually harder to…
3. Mark Sternberg Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Nice article, Phil, and great to meet you at Fort Lee. Just a minor correction - it's Zachariah "Hawkins," not "Newkirk."