Journal of the American Revolution 2022

The year’s best articles from the leading on-line source of new research on the Revolution and Founding eras

The Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2022, 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. This year’s articles are:

Massachusettensis and Novanglus: The Last Great Debate Prior to the War by James M. Smith

Wampum Belts to Canada: Stockbridge Indian Ambassadors’ Dangerous 1775 Peace Mission by Mark R. Anderson

Ethan Allen’s “Motley Parcel of Soldiery” at Montreal by Mark R. Anderson

The Devil at the Helm: A Quote That Went Astray by Don N. Hagist

Thomas Knowlton’s Revolution by David Price

Major Robert Rogers and the American Revolution by Scott M. Smith

La Petite Guerre and Indian Irregular Manner of War: Siblings, But Not Twins by Brian Gerring

George Washington and the First Mandatory Immunization by Richard J. Werther

French Adventurers, Patriots, and Pretentious Imposters in the Fight for American Independence by Arthur S. Lefkowitz

The Cherokee-American War from the Cherokee Perspective by Jordan Baker

The Numerical Strength of George Washington’s Army During the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign by Gary Ecelbarger and Michael C. Harris

A Reconsideration of Continental Army Numerical Strength at Valley Forge by Gary Ecelbarger and Michael C. Harris

American Indians at Valley Forge by Joseph Lee Boyle

The Discovery of a Letter from a Soldier of the First Rhode Island Regiment by Christian McBurney

“The Predicament We Are In”: How Paperwork Saved the Continental Army by Mike Matheny

Sir Henry Clinton’s Generalship by John Ferling

The Varick Transcripts and the Preservation of the War by Justin McHenry

“A Mere Youth”: James Monroe’s Revolutionary War by John A. Ruddima

Haitian Soldiers at the Siege of Savannah by Robert S. Davis

George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring: Separating Fact from Fiction by Bill Bleyer

Texas, Cattle, Cowboys, Ranchers, Indian Raids, and the American Revolution by George Kotlik

The Odyssey of Loyalist Colonel Samuel Bryan by Douglas R. Dorney, Jr.

“She Had Gone to the Army . . . to Her Husband”: Judith Lines’s Unremarked Life by John U. Rees

The Yorktown Tragedy: George Washington’s Slave Roundup by Gregory J. W. Urwin

Such as are Absolutely Free: Benjamin Thompson’s Black Troopers by Todd W. Braisted

The King of Sweden: Friendly Foe of the United States by Richard Werther

Shifting Indian Policy of the Articles of Confederation by John DeLee

Justice, Mercy, and Treason: John Marshall’s and Mercy Otis Warren’s Treatments of Benedict Arnold by Ray Mirante

A Chance Amiss: George Washington and the Fiasco of Spain’s Gift Diplomacy by Elisa Vargas

The Constitutional Convention Debates the Electoral College by Jason Yonce

Respected Citizen of Washington City: The Mystery of  Will Costin, Freed Mount Vernon Slave by David O. Stewart

The Impeachment of Senator William Blount  by Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick

Instinctive Temporary Unity: Examining Public Opinion During the Whiskey Rebellion by Jonathan Curran

“Good and Sufficient Testimony”: The Development of the Revolutionary War Pension Plan by Michael Barbieri