The year’s best articles from the leading on-line source of new research on the American Revolution and Founding Eras The  Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2023 , 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. Chosen by the Journal's editorial board, this year's articles are: Charles Thomson and the Delaware  by James M. Smith Benjamin Franklin’s Unconventional Marriage to Deborah Read  by Nancy Rubin Stuart Governor William Franklin: Sagorighweyoghsta, “Great Arbiter” or “Doer of Justice”  by Joseph E. Wroblewski One of the “Powers for Good in the World:” Mercy Otis Warren  by James M. Deitch The British Soldiers Who Marched to Concord, April 19, 1775  by Don N. Hagist Virginian Ned Streater, African American Minute Man  by Patrick H. Hannum The 1775 Duel Between Henry Laurens and John Faucheraud Grimké  by Aaron J. Palmer Washington’s Final Retreat: Asylum?  by Alexander Lenarchyk George III’s (Implicit) Sanction of the American Revolution  by M. Andrew Holowchak Edward Hand’s American Journey  by David Price Jemima Howe, Frontier Pioneer to Wealthy Widow  by Jane Strachan Hell’s Half-Acre: The Fall of Loyalist Crean Brush  by Eric Wiser Thomas Plumb, British Soldier, Writes Home from Rhode Island  by Don N. Hagist Unraveling the Beginning and Final Phases in the  Emergence of the French Alliance  by Marvin L. Simner Marinus Willett: The Exploits of an Unheralded War Hero  by Richard J. Werther Point/Counterpoint, 1777 Style: Dueling Proclamations from Israel Putnam and William Tryon  by Todd W. Braisted Did George Washington Swear at Charles Lee During the Battle of Monmouth?  by Christian McBurney Black Drummers in a Redcoat Regiment  by Don N. Hagist Under the Banner of War: Frontier Militia and Uncontrolled Violence  by Timothy C. Hemmis Rhode Island Acts to Prevent an Enslaved Family from Being Transported to the South  by Christian McBurney British Soldier John Ward Wins Back His Pocketbook  by Don N. Hagist Anthony Wayne’s Repulse at Bull’s Ferry, July 21, 1780  by Jim Piecuch Two Hurricanes One Week Apart in 1780  by Bob Ruppert Top Ten Weather Interventions  by Don N. Hagist The Fruits of Victory: Loyalist Prisoners in the Aftermath of Kings Mountain  by William Caldwell Top Ten Quotes by Francis Lord Rawdon  by Todd W. Braisted Russia and the Armed Neutrality of 1780  by Eric Sterner Prelude to Yorktown: Washington and Rochambeau in New York  by Benjamin Huggins The Abdication(s) of King George III  by Bob Ruppert Jemima Howe: Two Competing Captivity Narratives  by Jane Strachan The Articles of Confederation—A Silver Lining  by Richard J. Werther Undeceived: Who Would Write the Political Story of the Revolution?  by James M. Smith Partisan Politics and the Laws Which Shaped the First Congress  by Samuel T. Lair “Characters Pre-eminent for Virtue and Ability”: The First Partisan Application of the Electoral College  by Shawn David McGhee Weaponizing Impeachment: Justice Samuel Chase and President Thomas Jefferson’s Battle Over the Process  by Al Dickenson Insurrection and Speculation: A Farmer, Financier, and a Surprising “Sharper” Seeded the Constitution  by Scott M. Smith Natural History in Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary America  by Matteo Giuliani A Great Englishman? British Views of George Washington, from Revolution to Rapprochement  by Sam Edwards   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  Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution ,  British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution , and  The Revolution’s Last Men: The Stories Behind the Photographs . He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.