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I'm taking a hiatus from anything Ice and Fire related and working on a more classically alternate history project. The point of divergence involves John Laurens, an often overlooked but really quite interesting figure in the ARW. Part of the POD is that Laurens survives the war, but the actual POD will be a good bit earlier in 1775 [I have my reasons, and the title hints at them].

A note on sources:

There's not much on Laurens. There is one biography by Gregory D. Massey, but I haven't been able to find it in accessible format. I will rely on a few articles by Massey--one of the few historians to focus on Laurens--as well as a version of his private correspondence with his father, Henry Laurens, which is in the public domain. On Hamilton there's quite a bit more material. In the interests of time I'll mostly be working based off secondary sources. I've of course chosen Ron Chernow's biography as one of my starting-points; in fact reading that is what brought the idea of a POD involving Laurens to my attention. I'll also use Richard Brookhiser's somewhat shorter biography Alexander Hamilton, American. The Brookhiser books are pretty good intros to a number of the founders. If you have favorite founders you want included, please recommend them and also, if possible, throw an easily available source my way.

First post later tonight.
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