Wednesday, June 3, 2026

The Haswell Family and the Revolution

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My favorite way to talk about the Haswell family and their experience of the American Revolution is to start with the quote below from Samue...
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Monday, May 25, 2026

Remembering Revolution this Memorial Day

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On this Memorial Day, I keep thinking about this quote. It deeply informs my current project researching Bethlehem's Revolutionary War v...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Peter Rosekrans should be on our list!

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  Peter Rosekrans grave marker at Elmwood Cemetery Honestly, The List drives me crazy.  It is really arbitrary. Before I call it quits on th...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies

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Perhaps I am dating myself, but there is nothing quite like the process of combing back and forth through actual books checking indexes and ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Land Bounty Rights

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  Something that keeps coming up in my exploration into Revolutionary War soldiers "from" Bethlehem is the topic of Land Bounty Ri...
Saturday, April 11, 2026

David Niver and Peter Flansburgh - Revolutionary War Veterans maybe?

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  The Argus, October 22, 1903 This obituary for Peter Niver (1810-1903) recalls his grandfathers, David Niver and Peter Flansburgh, both of ...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Peter Boice (Boyce, Buis, Boyes, Boys, Buys)

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 Is that enough alternative spellings for Revolutionary War veteran Peter Boyce?  Oh wait, I forgot one, Biess. And yes, I was able to confi...