BENJAMIN L. CARP

Historian of the American Revolution

Benjamin L. Carp is a historian, writer, and speaker. Welcome!

 

I have written a new book, The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution (Yale, 2023), which you can order here! This is the third of three books: I also wrote Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America (Yale, 2010), and Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution (Oxford, 2007). Stay tuned for more! I have been using this page to let people know about news (that is, blogposts about research findings) and upcoming events.

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I write about the American Revolution and the eighteenth century, particularly the seaport cities of Eastern North America.