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Politics

The Boston Tea Party: Whitehall’s Response

by Bob Ruppert

On December 22, 1773, the Hayley, a merchant ship owned by John Hancock, departed Boston Harbor; on January 19, 1774, the ship arrived at...

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Interviews

October 17, 2024

This Week on Dispatches: Jude M. Pfister on George Washington and the Beginnings of American Law

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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Morristown National Historical Park preservationist and JAR contributor  Jude M. Pfister about the fascinating role played...

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Critical Thinking

October 15, 2024

George Washington Confronts Charles Lee: Fresh Insights into the Mammoth Moment at Monmouth

by Gary Ecelbarger

George Washington’s confrontation with Maj. Gen. Charles Lee on a near hundred-degree afternoon, two miles west of Monmouth Courthouse on Sunday, June 28, 1778,...

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Reviews

October 14, 2024

Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

by Gene Procknow

BOOK REVIEW:Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: Faith & Liberty in Fredericksburg by Michael Aubrecht (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2024....

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Prewar Politics (<1775)

October 10, 2024

The Exile of Thomas Hutchinson, Royal Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts

by James M. Smith

Most stories have a chief villain. The story of the American Revolution is no different. One man stands out amongst all the rest in...

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