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J. L. Bell

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Phillis Wheatley’s “Mrs. W—”: Identifying the Woman Who Inspired “Ode to Neptune”

Who was that traveler? And what did she signify to the poet?

by J. L. Bell via Commonplace on May 16, 2023
Remembered for the Wrong Reason?

Which personality of the American Revolution or the founding era is remembered for the wrong reasons, and why?

by Jason Yonce, J. L. Bell, David Price, Matthew M. Montelione, Don Glickstein, Will Monk, David Head, Don N. Hagist, Derrick E. Lapp, Eric Sterner, William H. Manthorpe Jr., Conner Runyan, Gene Procknow, Greg Aaron, John DeLee, Robert S. Davis, Jane Hampton Cook, Gregory Safko, James Kirby Martin, Alex Colvin, William M. Welsch, Jim Piecuch, Stuart Hatfield via Journal of the American Revolution on August 11, 2021
Join, Or Die: Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?

Revolutionary Americans adopted native snakes as symbols for their cause. Why?

by J. L. Bell via Age of Revolutions on July 5, 2021
Who Said, "Don't Fire Till You See the Whites of Their Eyes"?

Israel Putnam? William Prescott? British officers? Was the phrase even uttered at the Battle of Bunker Hill at all?

by J. L. Bell via Journal of the American Revolution on June 17, 2020

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