Lunch and Learn – ‘One Tory and One Scalp’: Violence on the American Revolution’s Northern Front
March 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free
In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Jane McCrea was killed by Native allies of the British. She was quickly elevated by the Patriot press as an American martyr, making her the most famous civilian casualty of the war. Yet examining the surrounding events in primary sources, including those in the collection of Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, reveals a complex history that stretched back long before, to warfare among the Haudenosaunee, Wabanaki, British, and French.
Join us for a virtual presentation in which Dr. Blake Grindon, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, will discuss her recent research findings.
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About the speaker: Dr. Blake Grindon is at work on a book about the death of Jane McCrea. She received her PhD from Princeton University and is currently the Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow in the History Department at Johns Hopkins University and NERFC fellow for 2024-25. Her work has appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly and has received support from the Clements Library, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society, the Winterthur Museum, the John Carter Brown Library, and the Omohundro Institute.
