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