Journal of the American Revolution 2019: Annual Volume

Journal of the American Revolution 2019: Annual Volume

Journal of the American Revolution 2019: Annual Volume

Journal of the American Revolution 2019: Annual Volume

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The Year’s Best Articles from the Leading On-Line Source of New Research on the American Revolution and Founding Eras
The Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2019, presents the journal’s best historical research and writing over the past calendar year. The volume is designed for institutions, scholars, and enthusiasts to provide a convenient overview of the latest research and scholarship in American Revolution and Founding Era studies. The thirty-eight articles in the 2019 edition include: 
Join, or Die: Political and Religious Controversy Over Franklin’s Snake Cartoon by Daniel P. Stone
The Connecticut Captivity of William Franklin, Loyalist by Louis Arthur Norton
Revisiting the Prayer at Valley Forge by Blake McGready
John the Painter: Terrorist for America by Lars Hedbor
Who Picked the Committees at the Constitutional Convention? by David O. Stewart
Norfolk, Virginia, Sacked by North Carolina and Virginia Troops by Patrick H. Hannum
Elias Hasket Derby: The Privateer Who Pioneered the Russian Trade by Nick Deluca
Benedict Arnold’s Master Plan (for British) Victory by John Knight
China and the American Revolution by Simon Hill
Moravians in the Middle: The Gnadenhutten Massacre by Eric Sterner
Slavery Through the Eyes of Revolutionary Generals by Gene Procknow
Our Man in Minorca: Lewis Littlepage, American Volunteer with the Spanish Armed Forces by Larrie D. Ferreiro
Patrick Tonyn: Britain’s Most Effective Revolutionary-Era Royal Governor by Jim Piecuch
Jefferson’s Reckoning: The Sage of Monticello’s Haunting Final Years by Geoff Smock

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781594163258
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Publication date: 04/18/2019
Edition description: 1
Pages: 408
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

DON N. HAGIST is managing editor of the Journal of the American Revolution. An expert on the British army in the American Revolution, he is the author of many books and articles, including British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution (Westholme 2012) and The Revolution’s Last Men: The Stories Behind the Photographs (Westholme 2015).

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction ix

Join, or Die: Political and Religious Controversy Over Franklin's Snake Cartoon Daniel P. Stone 1

John Adams Lists Abigail's Faults and Abigail Replies! John L. Smith, Jr. 15

The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee John Concannon 21

The "Parson's Cause:" Thomas Jefferson's Teacher, Patrick Henry, and Religious Freedom John Grady 37

Creating American Nationalists: Presbyterians and the War for Independence William Harrison Taylor 48

Franklin's Secret Efforts to Bring about Reconciliation Bob Ruppert 59

The Route is by Way of Winnisimmet: Chelsea and the Refugees Katie Turner Getty 77

The General, the Corporal, and the Anecdote: Jacob Francis and Israel Putnam J. L. Bell 87

The Death and Resurrection of Major John André John Knight 94

The Connecticut Captivity of William Franklin, Loyalist Louis Arthur Norton 105

Norfolk, Virginia, Sacked by North Carolina and Virginia Troops Patrick H. Hannum 111

Finding Edward Wigglesworth's Lost Diary C.E. Pippenger 129

William Taylor: Loyalist Refugee in East Florida George Kotlik 139

Revisiting the Prayer at Valley Forge Blake McGready 145

The First Countries to Diplomatically Recognize the United States John L. Smith, Jr. 155

Women on Trial: British Soldiers' Wives Tried by Court Martial Don N. Hagist 164

A Curious "Trial" on the Frontier: Zeisberger, Heckewelder, et. al vs. Great Britain Eric Sterner 172

A Loyalist's Response to the Franco-American Alliance: Charles Inglis's "Papinian" Essays Jim Piecuch 186

Grace Galloway-Abandoned Loyalist Wife Richard Werther 186

Benedict Arnold's Master Plan for (British) Victory John Knight 207

The Strange Case of "Charles de Weissenstein" Richard Werther 217

China and the American Revolution Simon Hill 229

Allen McLane-Revolutionary War Intelligence Officer and Spy Ken Daigler 241

Elias Boudinot IV: America's First Commissary General of Prisoners Joseph Wroblewski 247

Compelled to Row: Blacks on Royal Navy Galleys during the American Revolution Charles R. Foy 258

John the Painter: Terrorist for America Lars Hedbor 269

How to be a Revolutionary War Spy Master Don N. Hagist 277

Pierre Landais, the War's Most Enigmatic Naval Captain Louis Arthur Norton 284

An American Sea Captain Encounters Horatio Nelson-And Lives to Tell the Tale David D. Kindy 295

Slavery Through the Eyes of Revolutionary Generals Gene Procknow 300

Our Man in Minorca: Lewis Littlepage, American Volunteer with the Spanish Armed Forces Larrie D. Ferreiro 307

Patrick Tonyn: Britain's Most Effective Revolutionary-Era Royal Governor Jim Piecuch 315

The Most Extraordinary Murder Chaim M. Rosenberg 330

Moravians in the Middle: The Gnadenhutten Massacre Eric Sterner 337

Who Picked the Committees at the Constitutional Convention? David O. Stewart 353

A Second Bonaparte: Searching for the Character of Alexander Hamilton Steven C. Hertler 361

Elias Hasket Derby: The Privateer Who Pioneered the Russian Trade Nick Deluca 372

Jefferson's Reckoning; The Sage of Monticello's Haunting Final Years Geoff Smock 379

Author Biographies 391

Index 399

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