British Soldier John Ward Wins Back His Pocketbook
byWe expect writers for the Journal of the American Revolution to use primary sources—things written as close as possible to the time of the events…
We expect writers for the Journal of the American Revolution to use primary sources—things written as close as possible to the time of the events…
In the fall of 1796, just months before George Washington’s presidency ended, thirty-six-year-old Revolutionary War veteran Johnson Cook (1760-1848), a Connecticut native, petitioned the…
To complement my two studies of the North Carolina Continental Line and militia/state troops, I’ve researched the demographics of the Georgia Continental Line and militia…
One of the greatest sources of information on the American Revolution is the collection of pension applications submitted by American veterans of the war…
The Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston defines primary sources as “immediate, first-hand documents of a topic, from people who had a…
Every now and then, one comes across a pension application of an old soldier that includes extraordinary detail. Occasionally the application includes a journal…