Journal of the American Revolution 2023

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