Nisbet Balfour

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Critical Thinking, Espionage and Cryptography, Letters and Correspondence June 6, 2019 June 5, 2019

Decoding British ciphers used in the South, 1780-81

by Ian Saberton

During the southern campaigns the British used two kinds of cipher, each kind being markedly different from the other. The First Kind of Cipher: The…

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Conflict & War, Critical Thinking, Letters and Correspondence, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) January 8, 2019 February 15, 2019

The Decision that Lost Britain the War: An Enigma Now Resolved

by Ian Saberton

In this article I address the absurdity of Cornwallis’s decision to march from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Virginia and the light thrown on it…

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People November 21, 2016 November 30, 2016

The Revolutionary War in the south: Re-evaluations of certain British and British American actors

by Ian Saberton

Prefatory remarks Wide-ranging and to some degree disparate as they are, my re-evaluations are, on the one hand, compartmentalized under the sub-headings set out…

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1. Cahmbriel Ann Clackum If Only We Had a Primary Source: Stories of the American Revolution

I've always wondered where that story came from, it is so oft-repeated as to be etched on our hearts as unquestionable fact. I attended a lecture at Colonial Williamsburg in…
2. Cahmbriel Ann Clackum If Only We Had a Primary Source: Stories of the American Revolution

Replying to Rand Mirante: I actually have been trying myself to find a source for the stories that Thomas Jefferson encountered Banastre Tarleton. I've heard that in many places, not…
3. Dan Cornette The Tea that Survived the Boston Tea Party

Great research. I suspect Gov. Hutchinson was right about the prospect of returning the tea causing "new tumults." The ultimate crisis of the Boston Tea Party occurred immediately after Hutchinson…