appreciate the write-up
You are welcome. And I only consider myself an amateur historian, and my knowledge is largely derivative, based on real research done by others. So I am as fallible in drawing conclusions as anyone else.
But I do consider myself well read on historical matters, much better than average, but not as well read as others. Lately, I have been dictating audiobooks for Librivox (done six already) on out of copyright books, and have been concentrating mostly on the Revolutionary War era. I am currently dictating “John Hancock-The Picturesque Patriot” written back in 1912.
I am more a “history buff” than historian, that is for sure. And when I draw conclusions on limited data...I can be just as wrong as others.