The Gaspee Scholars is an informal group of scholars devoted to researching, analyzing, and reporting information about the attack on the English armed schooner Gaspee.

Two publicly active persons in discussions of Gaspee history are John Concannon, M.D, the Webmaster of the Gaspee Virtual Archives, and Leonard Bucklin, J.D., the  Executive Directory of the Joseph Bucklin Society.  You may contact them through those websites.

The informal working group known as the Gaspee Scholars was initially formed in 1999 by the close collaboration between Leonard Bucklin of the Joseph Bucklin Society and John Concannon of the Gaspee Virtual Archives,   Concannon focused on (1) finding the maximum amount of all information about the Gaspee attack and its participants,  and (2) preserving the information in electronic format..  Bucklin focused on (1) biographical information regarding the persons involved in the attack, and (2) critical analysis of the facts and events surrounding the attack.  In 2006 Bucklin's work regarding the Gaspee attack had grown so large in volume that it has been split off the main Joseph Bucklin Society site and built anew into  this site.

Since 2001 other persons interested in serious historical research on the people and events of Providence and Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War period have joined the Gaspee Scholars from time to time to contribute research, time, ideas, and critical thinking.  Several of their contributions have been incorporated into the information now found at this site, [www.Gaspee.Info ] and at the Gaspee Virtual Archives.

Additionally since 2001, academic scholars engaged in authoring research papers (for educational projects, a degree thesis, or historical restoration projects, regarding the Providence, Rhode Island, area in the Revolutionary War period) have joined the Gaspee Scholars from time to time to seek information, ask questions, or present work in progress for analysis and suggestions. 

Other persons have been engaged in genealogical research regarding their own family members.  As appropriate, the fruits of their research have been added to the Joseph Bucklin Society main database.  That data base contains biographical or genealogical information regarding over 3000 individuals, including not only the Bucklin family members, but also the men from Rhode Island and Massachusetts who joined to form the raiding party attacking the Gaspee. Thus a number of persons have contributed to the undertaking coordinated by the Joseph Bucklin Society.

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