Reign of Terror

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Frontier, Law, People, Postwar Politics (>1783) February 3, 2021 January 31, 2021

Comte d’Estaing’s Georgia Land Grants

by Robert Scott Davis

On the morning of October 9, 1779, one of the bloodiest and most forgotten battles of the American Revolution took place during the Siege…

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Critical Thinking, Letters and Correspondence, Postwar Politics (>1783) May 26, 2020 May 21, 2020

Presidential Power: Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and the Louisiana Purchase

by Jett Conner

In 1813, Thomas Jefferson received a letter from Marguerite Brazier Bonneville, a French emigre and Thomas Paine’s former caretaker. Bonneville asked the former president…

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Critical Thinking, Illness and Disease, Postwar Politics (>1783), Primary Sources May 14, 2020 May 11, 2020

Thomas Jefferson and the Public Benefits of Epidemics

by Geoff Smock

An epidemic that violently attacks public health—that sickens and takes lives; that cripples our economy; that forces us into our homes; that turns cities…

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1. Douglas R Dorney Lord Rawdon at Camden—Giving a Victor His Due: Occupation and Pacification

On July 1, 1780, Rawdon wrote Rugeley that he would award " the inhabitants ten guineas for the head of any deserter belonging to the Volunteers of Ireland, and five…
2. David Price Ten Crucial Days, Five Crucial Factors

I think you're absolutely right, Bill - that's a point I make in the manuscript I'm working on that's a very extended version of the article. Thanks for your comments,…
3. Bill Welsch Ten Crucial Days, Five Crucial Factors

David! Great article. Thanks. I always think of luck when I hear contingency. A fancier term. I’ve stressed luck on my tours. I would add what I consider another example…