Shays’s Rebellion

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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews December 8, 2021 December 7, 2021

Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion

by Timothy Symington

BOOK REVIEW: Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion: An American Story by Daniel Bullen (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2021) There is truth to the adage that history is told…

Arts & Literature, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) September 23, 2019 September 22, 2019

Catharine Macaulay’s Difficult Years, 1778–1787

by Bob Ruppert

Between 1775 and 1784 Catharine Macaulay’s social and personal life was one traumatic event after another. She accepted the invitation from Rev. Dr. James…

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1. Mike Barbieri Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga and Mount Independence

Thanks, Brian. Brown had command of the 3rd Regiment, Berkshire County, MA, militia. I don't think he ever received a Continental commission. He died at Stone Arabia in 1780. I…
2. Mike Barbieri Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga and Mount Independence

British command in the northern theater never abandoned the German troops. At Ti before Brown's Raid, the British 62nd and, at the time of the raid, the 53rd served alongside…
3. Brian S Barrett Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga and Mount Independence

Nice job Michael. Was Brown acting under a Continental commission or on behalf of Massachusetts? The disposition of the plunder Brown took is another curiosity of mine. Did Vermont get…