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Lectures and Presentations

A Very Special Dispatches: Brady Crytzer on the Life and Legacy of Guyasuta

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer presents a talk he gave on the great Indigenous leader Guyasuta, who witnessed the fall of Indian...

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James Easton vs. Benedict Arnold: Anatomy of a Feud

The adjectives leveled Benedict Arnold’s way by contemporaries and historians leave little room for doubt. Though he inspired devotion among those serving under him,...

Reviews

Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway: A Gordian Love Affair

BOOK REVIEW: Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway: A Gordian Love Affair by M. Andrew Holowchak (Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2024. $39.00 Paperback) Maria Cosway,...

The First and Second Readings of the Boston Port Bill

There are seven parts in the process to approve a bill in England: the first debate and reading, the second debate and reading, the...