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Conflict & War

“To sport with Long’s carcass”: An Instance of Terror, Revenge, and Retribution

by Mark Edward Lender

Prior to the outbreak of war at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, New Jersey had not been a hotbed of revolution. With open...

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Historical Spotlight

July 13, 2026

The Ordeal of the Annapolis, September 1775

by Julie Casey

To a colonial American, the prelude to the War of Independence might have been considered as much a civil conflict as it was a...

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Reviews

July 13, 2026

A Perfect Coincidence

by Kelly Mielke

BOOK REVIEW: A Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Jim Rasenberger (Scribner, 2026) It is...

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Economics

July 9, 2026

Counterfeiting with Thomas Davis in the New United States: Another American Revolution

by Robert Scott Davis

The beginning of American Revolution was also the beginning of the golden age of counterfeiting paper money. The British Currency Act of 1764 so...

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Interviews

July 8, 2026

This Week on Dispatches: Ray Raphael on the First Declarations of Independence

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, author, and JAR Editorial Board member Ray Raphael on statements of independence from Great Britain...

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