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Timothy Matlack, Scribe of the Declaration of Independence
by Chris CoelhoThe scribe of the Declaration of Independence—and perhaps the first man to read it in public—was born on March 28, 1736 in Haddonfield, New...
READ MOREThe scribe of the Declaration of Independence—and perhaps the first man to read it in public—was born on March 28, 1736 in Haddonfield, New...
READ MOREWhen the Continental Congress approved its Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, at least ninety public bodies had already declared in favor of...
READ MORERecently returned from imprisonment in England, respected Capt. John Manley succeeded Samuel Nicholson in command of the Continental Navy frigate formerly known as Deane...
READ MOREOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and author Brooke Barbier on her new book about the role of social drinking...
READ MOREIn 1779, the war between Britain and its thirteen rebel colonies in America was in its fifth year without any prospect of resolution. Although...
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