Pine Barrens

Crime and Justice, Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) September 28, 2021 September 27, 2021

Captain John Bacon: The Last of the Jersey Pine Robbers

by Joseph E. Wroblewski

“Captain John Bacon: His name was second only to that of the New Jersey devil for producing nightmares among the inhabitants of the pine…

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Crime and Justice, Loyalists, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) June 10, 2021 June 10, 2021

Loyalist “Banditti” of Monmouth County, New Jersey: Jacob Fagan and Lewis Fenton

by Joseph E. Wroblewski

While brutal internecine warfare was waged in various sections of New Jersey, nowhere in the state were the effects both in length and degree…

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1. John Fitzhugh Millar The American Invasion of Canada

Benedict Arnold could see in the summer of 1774 that when a war broke out the British could simply send troops down Lake Champlain from Canada and clamp a lid…
2. Darren Sharrocks The American Invasion of Canada

Good article and very interesting but the spelling and grammar needs correcting.
3. William Cooke The American Invasion of Canada

It may have been more appropriate to use the spelling Canadien to refer to the French-speaking inhabitants of the Province of Quebec during the Revolutionary War.