About This Book

The Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2015, 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 studies. The forty articles in the 2015 edition are:

The Currency Act: A Problem and a Solution by Bob Ruppert

The Stamp Act—A Brief History by Mary Nesnay

The Hidden Life of Crispus Attucks by Jerome J. Palliser

How Samuel Adams Recruited Sons of Liberty by J. L. Bell

Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Whistle Blower by John L. Smith, Jr.

Congress Bans Theatre! by David Malinsky

The American Revolution Comes to Albany, New York, 1756-1776 by Elizabeth M. Covart

Paul Revere’s Other Riders and Rides by Ray Raphael

The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and their “Association” by Hershel Parker

The First Naval Skirmish of the Revolution by Derek W. Beck

Clarifying Washington’s Rank by William M. Welsch

Misinformation, Disinformation, and General Washington’s Gunpowder Supply by J. L. Bell

Billy Flora at the Battle of Great Bridge by Norman Fuss

The Worth of a Continental by Michael Barbieri

Bows and Arrows—Pikes and Spears by Hugh T. Harrington

Disarming the Disaffected by Thomas Verenna

Breaking News: First Reports of Independence by Todd Andrlik

On His Majesty’s Secret Service by Jimmy Dick

How Old Were Redcoats? Age and Experience of British Soldiers in America by Don N. Hagist

Plotting the “Sacricide” of George Washington by Gary Shattuck

Rawdon’s Ruse by Don N. Hagist

“Cursedly Thrashed”: The Battle of Harlem Heights bu Joshua Shepherd

Easton’s Missing Dead by Thomas Verenna

Top Ten American Loyalist Officers by Gene Procknow

The British Spy Plot to Capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1777 by John A. Nagy

A Patriot-Loyalist: Playing Both Sides by Todd W. Braisted

So Heavy a Trial: The Burning of New York’s First Capital by Jack Kelly

The Great West Point Chain by Hugh T. Harrington

Explaining Pennsylvania’s Militia by Thomas Verenna

The Whaleboat Men of Long Island Sound by Jackson Kuhl

Allen McLane: A Case Study in History and Folklore by Kim Burdick

An Elegant Dinner with General Washington at Valley Forge by Nancy K. Loane

Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot by Elizabeth M. Covart

The Three Documents that Brought France into the War by Bob Ruppert

Honorable Lords and Pretended Barons: Sorting Out the Noblemen of the American Revolution by Jim Piecuch

The Greatest Siege by Don N. Hagist

James Screven—Ambushed! by Wayne Lynch

Raid Across the Ice: The British Operation to Capture Washington by Benjamin L. Huggins

Washington Authorizes a Plan to Kidnap a Future King by Christian M. McBurney

Infantry vs. Cavalry by Daniel Murphy

Don N. Hagist is managing editor of the Journal of the American Revolution. An expert on the British army in the American Revolution, he is the author of many books and articles, including British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution and The Revolution’s Last Men: The Stories Behind the Photographs.

Praise for the Journal of the American Revolution:

“The Journal of the American Revolution is an exciting experiment that benefits from the combined efforts of independent scholars and professional historians dedicated to re-examining the history of this country’s founding.” —Gregory J. W. Urwin, prize-winning historian, Temple University