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Critical Thinking, People, Prewar Politics (<1775) May 16, 2019 May 19, 2019

Reconciliation between the Colonies and Great Britain—A Close Call

by Richard J. Werther

There were many attempts, before and during the American Revolution, to avoid armed conflict via negotiation, or to stop the war after it began….

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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…