Anniversary of the Great New York Fire

Today is the 247th anniversary of the Great New York Fire of 1776 (and also the first anniversary of this humble blog!) Some exciting things have been happening in the past few weeks!

• To commemorate the event I published a piece in the New York Daily News today. Subscribers can read it here!

• I recently appeared on the Unsung History podcast

• I published a piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education, “We’re Not Doing Enough for Grad Students at Conferences”

• I wrote a review for EH.Net on Jeremy Land’s Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution, 1700–1776; apparently it’s a rule now that I have a movie reference in every book review I write

• Erik Ofgang wrote a piece for Connecticut Magazine, “Did CT soldiers help spark the Great New York Fire of 1776? It's very likely, according to a new book”

• Over the summer I helped supervise students for the Gardiner Foundation Semiquincentennial Student Fellowship Project (follow the link to read more about it) and a Brooklyn College student was featured in this story!

Thanks to everyone who has gotten in touch with me via the website with inquiries and invitations!