This Week on Dispatches: Michael Adelberg on the Monmouth County Jail Break in 1781

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March 11, 2026
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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Michael Adelberg on the attempt to jail Loyalists in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and the eventual jail break by prisoners in 1781.

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