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Documents, Economics, Law, Prewar Politics (<1775), Primary Sources September 29, 2022 September 29, 2022

The Strange Affair of the King and the Repeal of the Stamp Act

by Ken Shumate

“The King had evidently consented to the repeal, and then disavowed his Ministers.”—Horace Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third In…

Historic Sites, People, Postwar Conflict (>1783) April 15, 2021 April 11, 2021

Rockingham, Washington’s Headquarters, 1783

by Jett Conner

George Washington slept here. After the commander in chief was summoned to Princeton, New Jersey during the summer of 1783, and finding no rooms…

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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.…
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

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…