Washington’s Life Guards

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Crime and Justice, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) January 21, 2021 January 19, 2021

Thou Shalt Not Steal: Plunder, Theft, and Sticky Fingers

by Joshua Shepherd

“The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.”[1] It had been less than three months since Congress had adopted a…

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Features, Reviews January 30, 2019 October 21, 2019

The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

by Kelly Mielke

The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch (Flatiron Books, 2019). On June 28, 1776—only days before…

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3. HENRY T. PAISTE, III Skirmish at James’s Plantation: Victory and Defeat for Benedict Arnold in Virginia

AMAZING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION REF.ARNOLD IN VIRGINIA - AND LATER ON. NEEDS TO BE READ THREE OR FOUR TIMES -- TO "DIGEST" THE MAIN POINTS OF THIS "VAST WORK"... NICELY…