Journal of the American Revolution 2023: Annual Volume

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 2023, 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. Chosen by the Journal's editorial board, this year's articles are: Charles Thomson and the Delaware by James M. Smith Benjamin Franklin's Unconventional Marriage to Deborah Read by Nancy Rubin Stuart Governor William Franklin: Sagorighweyoghsta, "Great Arbiter" or "Doer of Justice" by Joseph E. Wroblewski One of the "Powers for Good in the World: " Mercy Otis Warren by James M. Deitch The British Soldiers Who Marched to Concord, April 19, 1775 by Don N. Hagist Virginian Ned Streater, African American Minute Man by Patrick H. Hannum The 1775 Duel Between Henry Laurens and John Faucheraud Grimké by Aaron J. Palmer Washington's Final Retreat: Asylum? by Alexander Lenarchyk George III's (Implicit) Sanction of the American Revolution by M. Andrew Holowchak Edward Hand's American Journey by David Price Jemima Howe, Frontier Pioneer to Wealthy Widow by Jane Strachan Hell's Half-Acre: The Fall of Loyalist Crean Brush by Eric Wiser Thomas Plumb, British Soldier, Writes Home from Rhode Island by Don N. Hagist Unraveling the Beginning and Final Phasesin the Emergence of the French Alliance by Marvin L. Simner Marinus Willett: The Exploits of an Unheralded War Hero by Richard J. Werther Point/Counterpoint, 1777 Style: Dueling Proclamations from Israel Putnam and William Tryon by Todd W. Braisted Did George Washington Swear at Charles Lee During the Battle of Monmouth? by Christian McBurney Black Drummers in a Redcoat Regiment by Don N. Hagist Under the Banner of War: Frontier Militia and Uncontrolled Violence by Timothy C. Hemmis Rhode Island Acts to Prevent an Enslaved Family from Being Transported to the South by Christian McBurney British Soldier John Ward Wins Back His Pocketbook by Don N. Hagist Anthony Wayne's Repulse at Bull's Ferry, July 21, 1780 by Jim Piecuch Two Hurricanes One Week Apart in 1780 by Bob Ruppert Top Ten Weather Interventions by Don N. Hagist The Fruits of Victory: Loyalist Prisoners in the Aftermath of Kings Mountain by William Caldwell Top Ten Quotes by Francis Lord Rawdon by Todd W. Braisted Russia and the Armed Neutrality of 1780 by Eric Sterner Prelude to Yorktown: Washington and Rochambeau in New York by Benjamin Huggins The Abdication(s) of King George III by Bob Ruppert Jemima Howe: Two Competing Captivity Narratives by Jane Strachan The Articles of Confederation--A Silver Lining by Richard J. Werther Undeceived: Who Would Write the Political Story of the Revolution? by James M. Smith Partisan Politics and the Laws Which Shaped the First Congress by Samuel T. Lair "Characters Pre-eminent for Virtue and Ability" The First Partisan Application of the Electoral College by Shawn David McGhee Weaponizing Impeachment: Justice Samuel Chase and President Thomas Jefferson's Battle Over the Process by Al Dickenson Insurrection and Speculation: A Farmer, Financier, and a Surprising "Sharper" Seeded the Constitution by Scott M. Smith Natural History in Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary America by Matteo Giuliani A Great Englishman? British Views of George Washington, from Revolution to Rapprochement by Sam Edwards