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This Week on Dispatches: Brady J. Crytzer on Pope Pius VI and the American Revolution

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer discusses his recent article on how Pope Pius VI viewed republicanism and the American Revolution and the...

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Primary Sources

January 27, 2026

Advertising a Revolution: An Original Invoice to “The Town of Boston to Green and Russell”

by George Bresnick

The year is 1764, and smallpox is sweeping the town of Boston. One of Paul Revere’s children is stricken, and the family chooses to...

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Reviews

January 26, 2026

The Killing of Jane McCrea

by Michael Barbieri

BOOK REVIEW: The Killing of Jane McCrea: An American Tragedy of the Revolutionary Frontier by Paul Staiti (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2025). My introduction...

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Critical Thinking

January 22, 2026

The American Princeps Civitatis: Precedent and Protocol in the Washingtonian Republic

by Shawn David McGhee

For all the flaws of the framers, Americans can still look to the founding era for wisdom and guidance. That deeply learned collection of...

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Autobiography and Biography

January 20, 2026

Thomas Nelson of Yorktown, Virginia

by Nicholas R. Marsella

Largely ignored by scholars, Thomas Nelson Jr. of Yorktown, Virginia, was among the patriots who dared all when he signed the Declaration of Independence....

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