A Genealogical History: Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London 2012 Preface For most Americans, the story of their nation's origins seems safe,…
William Samuel Johnson Becomes Senator of Connecticut, April 2, 1791 By Bill Potter Landmark Events History Highlights 1 April 2019 William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819) William "Sammy" Samuel Johnson’s father held that most prestigious position of a New England intellectual —…
Breaking news of the Revolutionary War What does history look like while you're living it? By Todd Andrlik and J. L. BellCorrespondents Boston Globe December 16, 2012 A 1903 reproduction of a 1789 engraving of the Boston Tea Party. Library…
The Story Behind a Forgotten Symbol of the American Revolution: The Liberty Tree By Erick Trickey Smithsonian.comMay 19, 2016 While Boston landmarks like the Old North Church still stand, the Liberty Tree, gone for nearly 250 years, has been lost…
Capt. Daniel Allen Serving Through "The American Crisis" 1775-1779 By Lee S. Harford Jr. SAR Magazine Vol. 113 No. 3, Winter 2018-2019 Over the last century, historians produced volumes on the role of the senior leaders in the conflict we…
The "American Political Society" to be serialized on Twitter starting July 1st The American Political Society was established in 1773 in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Col. Timothy Bigelow (1739-1790) as an extension of the Committee of Correspondence. It was a secret…
Simcoe’s Raritan River Raid By George W. Wright SAR Magazine Winter 2018, Vol. 112, No. 3, p. 22ff. An ill-fated British raid along New Jersey’s Raritan River ended in the capture of one of King George’s most renowned officers. John…
By Dr. David E. Schrader SAR Magazine Summer 2017 Vol. 112. No. 1 On March 18, 1766 the hated Stamp Act was repealed. Also on March 18, 1766 the Declaratory Act (the American Colonies Act 1766) was enacted. The longtitle…
By Charles R. Lampman SAR Magazine Summer 2017 Vol. 112 No. 1 Background The First Continental Congress (September–October 1774) was a meeting of representatives from the Colonies to discuss how they were going to handle the Cohesive Acts. At adjournment,…
Picture: THE DEATH OF MAJOR KENNEDY AND MOSES DOAN. From the Piratical and Tragical Almanac for 1846. Collection of the Houghton Library, Harvard University (APA.P664A.1846). This fanciful woodcut, published long after the incident, tries to capture the scene in which…
