Annis Boudinot Stockton: The Poet and the General
by“Permit me to thank you, in the most affectionate manner, for the kind wishes you have so happily expressed for me and the partner…
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Benjamin Franklin’s Unconventional Marriage to Deborah Read
byShe was neither beautiful nor wealthy. Nor was Benjamin Franklin’s wife educated or intellectual. Nevertheless in 1724 he proposed to Deborah Read while renting…
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Governor William Franklin: Sagorighweyoghsta, “Great Arbiter” or “Doer of Justice”
byWilliam Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin, was the last Royal Governor of New Jersey, from 1763 to 1776. He is usually identified in U….
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The Last Royal Governors of the American Colonies
byThe last level of British authority at the colony level was the colonial governors. They came in various forms, military and civil, appointed and…
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Contributor Question: Remembered for the Wrong Reason?
byWe asked our contributors: Which personality of the American Revolution or the founding era (other than Benedict Arnold) is remembered for the wrong reasons,…
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Congress’s “Committee on Spies” and the Court-Martial Policies of General Washington
byIn the weeks before it declared independence, the Continental Congress was already hard at work building the institutions it would need to maintain the…
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Countervailing Colonial Perspectives on Quartering the British Army
byIn the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, as the British Army repositioned its forces from western frontier posts into American cities, many…
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Trading Generals
byDuring the American Revolution, many players were removed from the chess board of war as a result of capture. From individual soldiers and sailors…
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The Fight Behind the Declaration of Independence
byPut yourself, in your mind’s eye, back in June 1776, specifically, the period between June 7 and July 1. It is precisely at that…
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Their Pockets Filled with Paper Dollars: The Raid on Little Ferry
byDuring the American Revolution, Bergen County, New Jersey, was flooded with combatants from all over America, many of whom had never been to the…
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The Earl of Dartmouth: Secretary of State for the Colonies, Third Year: August 1774–November 1775
byWhile the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on holiday in the summer of 1774, his office continued to receive…
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The Connecticut Captivity of William Franklin, Loyalist
byWar, an odious invention of man, attempts to portray the enemy as subhuman, unworthy of normal sympathy. Civilized societies respected the sanctity of human…
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Governor Franklin Makes His Move
byNew Jersey Governor William Franklin is one of the forgotten major players in the American Revolution. By the fall of 1775, he was the…