James Robert Flannery
@scatoma.bsky.social
Posting lost Revolutionary War history from the New York area. I’m particularly focused on uncovering espionage stories, such as those related to what I term the Mathews Brothers Loyalist Spy Network.
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A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War.
A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War. 1765 Cadwallader Colden S...
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A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War.
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A cousin just sent me some excerpts from a commemorative work Orange County produced to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution which adopts my research findings. For an overview it’s not bad.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A cousin just sent me some excerpts from a commemorative work Orange County produced to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution which adopts my research findings. For an overview it’s not bad.
The Originalist Case For The Deep State.
(An essay utilizing Grok to articulate research findings.)
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(An essay utilizing Grok to articulate research findings.)
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April 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Originalist Case For The Deep State.
(An essay utilizing Grok to articulate research findings.)
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(An essay utilizing Grok to articulate research findings.)
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1779 report by NYC police magistrate (and Hudson Valley native) Peter Dubois casting suspicion on the character of refugee Hector St. John de Crevecoeur furnished to Sir Henry Clinton:
March 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
1779 report by NYC police magistrate (and Hudson Valley native) Peter Dubois casting suspicion on the character of refugee Hector St. John de Crevecoeur furnished to Sir Henry Clinton:
Philbrick, T. (1976). Crèvecoeur as New Yorker. Early American Literature, 11(1), 22–30. www.jstor.org/stable/25070...
March 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Philbrick, T. (1976). Crèvecoeur as New Yorker. Early American Literature, 11(1), 22–30. www.jstor.org/stable/25070...
You already know my theory that the Daniel St. John of Goshen, NY who provided invaluable intelligence to Zebulon Butler in the Wyoming Valley in 1775 was somehow tied to St. John de Crevecouer. Here is some support for the theory from Myers in 2014:
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You already know my theory that the Daniel St. John of Goshen, NY who provided invaluable intelligence to Zebulon Butler in the Wyoming Valley in 1775 was somehow tied to St. John de Crevecouer. Here is some support for the theory from Myers in 2014:
This is important information from Hector St. John de Crevecouer scholar James P. Myers Jr. from 2014. He states de Crevecouer’s wife was killed during an attack on the writer’s farm during the Revolution. Which side was responsible for the attack it does not say. Anyones guess.
March 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is important information from Hector St. John de Crevecouer scholar James P. Myers Jr. from 2014. He states de Crevecouer’s wife was killed during an attack on the writer’s farm during the Revolution. Which side was responsible for the attack it does not say. Anyones guess.
Here is Myers again describing apparent evasiveness on the part of de Crevecouer in later times towards a loyalist named Francis Ellsworth from Fishkill, NY who participated in the Wyoming Massacre. He refers to him as Mr. E. Ellsworth name stood out to me. A man named John Elsworth was a local spy.
March 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here is Myers again describing apparent evasiveness on the part of de Crevecouer in later times towards a loyalist named Francis Ellsworth from Fishkill, NY who participated in the Wyoming Massacre. He refers to him as Mr. E. Ellsworth name stood out to me. A man named John Elsworth was a local spy.
This is important information from Hector St. John de Crevecouer scholar James P. Myers Jr. from 2014. He states de Crevecouer’s wife was killed during an attack on the writer’s farm during the Revolution. Which side was responsible for the attack it does not say. Anyones guess.
February 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is important information from Hector St. John de Crevecouer scholar James P. Myers Jr. from 2014. He states de Crevecouer’s wife was killed during an attack on the writer’s farm during the Revolution. Which side was responsible for the attack it does not say. Anyones guess.
Local narrative: Anglican services ended in region when Rev. Sayre left in 1773. But I’m thinking now after reading Callahan’s work Rev. Inglis likely came up from NYC to fill in. No one wants to acknowledge first Anglican bishop in Americas was loyalist mastermind & was here.
February 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Local narrative: Anglican services ended in region when Rev. Sayre left in 1773. But I’m thinking now after reading Callahan’s work Rev. Inglis likely came up from NYC to fill in. No one wants to acknowledge first Anglican bishop in Americas was loyalist mastermind & was here.
My father-in-law picked up this Revolutionary War book for me discarded from a local library. Author grew up in another part of the country but was a professor at NYU and writes some local things that are new to me. Since 1964 book checked out only 16 times, last time 1982. Sad.
February 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My father-in-law picked up this Revolutionary War book for me discarded from a local library. Author grew up in another part of the country but was a professor at NYU and writes some local things that are new to me. Since 1964 book checked out only 16 times, last time 1982. Sad.
Here is is the relevance of the Jod mark as found on the Frustum Stone on Shea Farm:
February 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here is is the relevance of the Jod mark as found on the Frustum Stone on Shea Farm:
This Masonic theory expanded when an ancient well on Shea Farm was discovered in 2023 to conform with the configuration pattern of the other landmarks.
February 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This Masonic theory expanded when an ancient well on Shea Farm was discovered in 2023 to conform with the configuration pattern of the other landmarks.
Here are three photos of the Frustum stone from 2021 (when it was discovered on Shea Farm in a patch of brush in what was once a creek bed.) When the moss was removed from the triangle top an apparent jod mark was found seeming to confirm Masonic origin.
February 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Here are three photos of the Frustum stone from 2021 (when it was discovered on Shea Farm in a patch of brush in what was once a creek bed.) When the moss was removed from the triangle top an apparent jod mark was found seeming to confirm Masonic origin.
I don’t think this happened by chance.
February 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I don’t think this happened by chance.
Does the existence of apparent Masonic marker stones on Shea Farm found arranged at right angles along the cardinal points provide evidence it was the location of the mysterious Little Britain Lodge No. 6?
February 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Does the existence of apparent Masonic marker stones on Shea Farm found arranged at right angles along the cardinal points provide evidence it was the location of the mysterious Little Britain Lodge No. 6?
The configuration of Shea Farm changed after 1907 when the Graham freight line of the Erie Railroad was constructed nearby and parcels cut off from neighboring farms were purchased to increase acreage.
February 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The configuration of Shea Farm changed after 1907 when the Graham freight line of the Erie Railroad was constructed nearby and parcels cut off from neighboring farms were purchased to increase acreage.
Here are a couple of post providing evidence that Shea Farm conforms to the dimensions of a Glebe Stripe, also known as a Church Furlong.
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here are a couple of post providing evidence that Shea Farm conforms to the dimensions of a Glebe Stripe, also known as a Church Furlong.
Thomas Ellison was very wealthy. He had a fleet of sloops ran passengers from NYC to New Windsor for like a half a century. Big sponsor of St. David’s church at Fletcher Matthews estate. Washington uses Ellison’s house for headquarters in 1781. He’s awfully quiet during Revolution. Very old then.
January 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Thomas Ellison was very wealthy. He had a fleet of sloops ran passengers from NYC to New Windsor for like a half a century. Big sponsor of St. David’s church at Fletcher Matthews estate. Washington uses Ellison’s house for headquarters in 1781. He’s awfully quiet during Revolution. Very old then.
I didn’t see much of anything about Arnold’s treason at the West Point Museum but maybe as an active military training facility you don’t want folks ruminating on that history there. I attended a lecture on Arnold at NYS Museum in 2023. The Hudson Chain is a good focal point for West Point for sure.
January 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I didn’t see much of anything about Arnold’s treason at the West Point Museum but maybe as an active military training facility you don’t want folks ruminating on that history there. I attended a lecture on Arnold at NYS Museum in 2023. The Hudson Chain is a good focal point for West Point for sure.
I was disappointed the display for Revolution era history at the West Point Museum was so small but this chest belonging to Col. Hamtramck (who is listed as a member of Little Britain Lodge No. 6) caught my eye. It was in section for later period. My theory he was early 1776 spy. #history
January 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I was disappointed the display for Revolution era history at the West Point Museum was so small but this chest belonging to Col. Hamtramck (who is listed as a member of Little Britain Lodge No. 6) caught my eye. It was in section for later period. My theory he was early 1776 spy. #history
The Theory of the Case of the Back Lot Archeological Site.
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The Theory of the Case of the Back Lot Archeological Site
The Theory of the Case of the Back Lot Archeological Site Theoretical timeline encompassing the argument the mysterious Back Lot dwelling...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:49 PM
The Theory of the Case of the Back Lot Archeological Site.
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My uncle’s account of the liberation of Nordhausen work camp and capture of German rocket scientists there & his appearance in a war diary.
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Account of John Arthur Flannery’s Role in Liberating Nordhausen Work Camp with the 104th Division During World War 2
When Lieutenant Bornhofft (crouching in the above photograph) was gravely injured in battle in the German city of Halle in 1945, it soon b...
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December 6, 2024 at 2:47 AM
My uncle’s account of the liberation of Nordhausen work camp and capture of German rocket scientists there & his appearance in a war diary.
#skystorians #history #blog #writing
jamesrobertflannery.blogspot.com/2024/12/acco...
#skystorians #history #blog #writing
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A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War.
jamesrobertflannery.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-ti...
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A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War.
A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War. 1765 Cadwallader Colden S...
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December 4, 2024 at 10:22 AM
A Timeline of Important Events Related to Orange County (as currently defined) During the Revolutionary War.
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An Overview of the Idea Behind the Title: “The Ghosts of Joe Shea’s Farm.”
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An Overview of the Idea Behind the Title: “The Ghosts of Joe Shea’s Farm.”
My father was among a dying breed of Hudson Valley dairymen clinging to old ways in the suburbs of New York City. He represented the 4th g...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:21 AM
An Overview of the Idea Behind the Title: “The Ghosts of Joe Shea’s Farm.”
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‘A case study of Cornell University’s varied influences on the educational outcome of a hillbilly child in the late 20th Century - for which the institution must now pay.’
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Rural Youth Development: Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't?
Rural Youth Development: Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t? A case study of Cornell ...
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November 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
‘A case study of Cornell University’s varied influences on the educational outcome of a hillbilly child in the late 20th Century - for which the institution must now pay.’
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