Robert Livingston

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Critical Thinking, Espionage and Cryptography, Newspapers, The War Years (1775-1783) March 7, 2023 May 8, 2023

Newspapers as a Rebel Source of Intelligence

by Jeffrey H. Michaels

The study of intelligence has always suffered from a bias towards the derring-do of spies, stealing of secrets, breaking of codes, and covert action….

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Critical Thinking, Law, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Primary Sources August 25, 2021 August 30, 2021

Why Did the Signers of the Declaration Engage in this Treasonous Act?

by Marvin L. Simner

Speaking on Independence Day, 1821, John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the Unites States and the son of John Adams, a signer of the…

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1. Walt C The Delcastle Cannonball

McLane's mounted company were always around, seldom seen. It's possible they were the unit that left smoldering campfires above Hockessin Meetinghouse when the British arrived, late afternoon of Sep 9.…
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It has nothing to do with era it was written. The book is part of the "Army Lineage Series." It had to be written to match that premise. It is…
3. Bob Winowitch Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Phil, I know we disagree on some of Wright's work, but this holds true for the three Suffolk County companies enlisted into the Third NY of '75. Those three companies…