Excavating the Historical Memory of the American Revolution: Trauma and Melancholy in Anthon's Notes

In this book, Shawn Thomson excavates Charles Anthon's personal notes to reveal revolutionary memory and the presence of historical melancholy in this era of radical turnover and shifting alliances.

In these notes, Charles Anthon recorded his personal inquiries into all aspects of life in the Loyalist stronghold of Staten Island from October 13, 1850 to January 8, 1853. Through this written record, Anthon provides a counter history of the Loyalists of Staten Island to the grand narrative of ...