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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Politics (>1783), Religion September 2, 2019 September 2, 2019

America’s Revolution Against Toleration: The Rise of True Religious Liberty

by Brian Patrick O'Malley

In 1793, a widely circulated American editorial observed, “A few years ago, to say of any man that he was ‘a friend to toleration,’…

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Features, Memorials, Myths and Legends, Religion October 15, 2018 October 14, 2018

Revisiting the Prayer at Valley Forge

by Blake McGready

When George Washington died in 1799, partisan infighting and international crises threatened the survival of the American experiment. Many Americans believed in Washington’s unique…

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1. Jill George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring: Separating Fact from Fiction

I would love to see someone write about the Orange County, NY Woodhulls and Strongs, cousins to Abraham. Colonel Jesse Woodhull and his brother Captain Ebenezer Woodhull, who started the…
2. Phil Weaver Militia and Continentals

As far as New York goes, the levies, in all forms, were full time. There length of service would vary depending on the mission they were formed to accomplish. They…
3. George Slaton Loyalist “Banditti” of Monmouth County, New Jersey: Jacob Fagan and Lewis Fenton

I’ve read a great deal about partisan and/or criminal activity in the Carolinas during the Rev War and have always wondered why it was also severe in New Jersey. Your…