A Vision in Vermillion
Or scarlet, as the case may be. I’m reading Jane Kamensky’s “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley,” and just 56 pag...
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The Shurts off there Backs
Among the things I wondered about Bridget Connor and her court martial was from whom she’d bought that “publick shurt.” Why would a soldier ha...
tite Dressed
Reading the Abbott orderly books takes some patience, even though they have been transcribed. As with so many 18th century texts, punctuation is unreliable and ...
Saratoga!
Saratoga is 10 days away. Only 10 days away. In more exciting news, there’s a map of the American camp so we’ll know where we’re stumbling to ...
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