James Robert Flannery

Introduction to the Back Lot Legend THE GHOSTS OF JOE SHEA’S FARM Vol. 1: The Back Lot Legend investigation as a portal to the hidden story of the Mathews Brothers loyalist spy network. James ...

New chapter: The Pile of Stones Legend

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Here is an important record of the Mathews family’s service to the royal government in Orange County as found in George Budke’s Historical Miscellanies Vol. 1. It’s very rare to see David Mathews, the notorious loyalist NYC mayor during the American Revolution, linked to his place of origin.

The White Rabbit The White Rabbit 🐇 “Most of the players on any championship team are journeymen. They come in, do the job, help win the games, watch the stars get the headlines, and then move on. The stars move ...

“I’m writing about Coach Memmelaar because he played a role in the fond memory I had in high school- the day I ran the White Rabbit in flag football, Jocks vs. Burnouts. May have been the greatest athletic feat carried out by a Burnout in school history, not sure.”

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Introduction to the Back Lot Legend THE GHOSTS OF JOE SHEA’S FARM Vol. 1: The Back Lot Legend investigation as a portal to the hidden story of the Mathews Brothers loyalist spy network. James ...

This week’s chapter: THE CASE FOR THE BACK LOT DWELLING AND THE PROPERTY THAT BECAME SHEA FARM BEING THE PARSONAGE AND GLEBE FARM FOR ST. DAVID’S CHURCH DURING REV. JOHN SAYRE’S TENURE

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When The Origin Story Seems Full of Holes

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New Chapter: A Refuge Place For Colonial Elite Discovered In The Backyard.
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Analyze the foregoing (The Originalist Case for the Deep State) in depth through the lens of ethical philosophy and also answer the question ‘if AI puts an end to the Noble Lie how is the loss of perceived benefits dealt with going forward?’ #philosophy #history

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Location, Location, Location LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION View of West Point from Breakneck Mountain Going into 1775 there was little mystery what the British strategy to subdue the rebellion of the American colonies...

“Going into 1775 there was little mystery what the British strategy to subdue the rebellion of the American colonies was going to be; the plan would be to divide and conquer— to seize the full length of the Hudson River and cut off New England…”
#NewYork #History

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Glossary Glossary 1911 New York State Library Fire- This disaster destroys a massive trove of New York historical records. A number of compilations of Revolutionary War records had been copied and published ...

Research Glossary

#NewYork #Revolutionarywar #History

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A Narrative Most Enduring And Most Untrue:

Introduction to the Back Lot Legend INTRODUCTION TO THE BACK LOT LEGEND INVESTIGATION REPORT What if Richard Smith, one of the most notorious marauders of the Revolutionary War, was found hiding deep behind enemy lines near West Point ...

“For almost 100 years it was said Richard Smith died by hanging during the Revolutionary War. Then, in Victorian times, the story inexplicably changed. It was instead written that he evacuated to Canada. This second account prevails today though no proof supports it.”
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Introduction to the Back Lot Legend INTRODUCTION TO THE BACK LOT LEGEND INVESTIGATION REPORT What if Richard Smith, one of the most notorious marauders of the Revolutionary War, was found hiding deep behind enemy lines near West Point ...

Introduction of the Back Lot Legend Investigation Report:

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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.

Scroll down to find second edition of the essay including these important additions to the prompt:

The Originalist Case For The Deep State.

(An essay utilizing Grok to articulate research findings.)

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St. John de Crèvecoeur in the Looking Glass: "Letters from an American Farmer" and the Making of a Man of Letters on JSTOR Bernard Chevignard, St. John de Crèvecoeur in the Looking Glass: "Letters from an American Farmer" and the Making of a Man of Letters, Early American Literature, Vol. 19, No. 2, Special European Issue (Fall, 1984), pp. 173-190

Chevignard, Bernard. “St. John de Crèvecoeur in the Looking Glass: ‘Letters from an American Farmer’ and the Making of a Man of Letters.” Early American Literature 19, no. 2 (1984): 173–90. www.jstor.org/stable/25056....

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...

This is absent from the local record of course. There is so little awareness of de Crevecouer left here the mystery which side was responsible his wife’s killing doesn’t register as a story, but for me it’s huge. He was a French spy converted to an American double agent I believe.

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.

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.

Not only was Rev. Inglis attained (and therefore subject to capital punishment if caught) his wife was as well. The case for this seems incompletely preserved. I think of Rev. Inglis’s case as one of the main reasons the founders wanted separation of church and state enshrined.

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.

I’m intrigued by Inglis’s alias “New York Farmer” in 1774 as the parsonage that Rev. Sayre was using at “Bellomont” (I theorize the Back Lot dwelling on Shea Farm) would have been vacant. Combine this with info above about Inglis spending time here coaxing loyalty to crown.

“Inglis visited extensively in Dutchess and Ulster counties ‘to warn his friends in the country as well as in the city of the evils that were approaching... and he could name many whom he confirmed in Loyalty when wavering or whom he prevented from joining in the rebellion.’”

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:

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.