This Week on Dispatches: James M. Smith on How America Declared Its Rights
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor James M. Smith on the political, legal, and philosophical influences considered by the First…
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This Week on Dispatches: Rand Mirante on John Marshall’s and Mercy Otis Warren’s Differing Views of Benedict Arnold’s Legacy
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Rand Mirante on John Marshall’s and Mercy Otis Warren’s differing views of Benedict Arnold…
This Week on Dispatches: Gregory J. W. Urwin on the American Slave Roundup after the British Surrender at Yorktown
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews distinguished historian and writer Gregory J. W. Urwin about his recent JAR article, “The Yorktown Tragedy,” examining…
This Week on Dispatches: David M. Griffin on the Brooklyn Line Forts of 1776
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews architect and JAR contributor David M. Griffin on his research to determine the possible appearance and…
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick Hannum on the Meeting of the Three Commanders
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, decorated Marine veteran, and JAR contributor Patrick Hannum on the historic meeting between George Washington,…
This Week on Dispatches: Michael C. Harris and Gary Ecelbarger on the Numerical Strength of Washington’s Army During the Philadelphia Campaign
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historians and JAR contributors Michael C. Harris and Gary Ecelbarger on their important work to better determine…
This Week on Dispatches: David Price on Thomas Knowlton’s Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor David Price on the brief, but memorable, contribution of Thomas Knowlton to…
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This Week on Dispatches: Jonathan Curran on Public Opinion and the Whiskey Rebellion
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews USMA instructor and JAR contributor Jonathan Curran on his research into how public opinion about those…
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This Week on Dispatches: Dean Snow on Continental and Militia Cavalry at the Battle of Saratoga
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews emeritus professor and JAR contributor Dean Snow on his research into the Continental and militia cavalry…
This Week on Dispatches: Chris Coelho on Timothy Matlack, Scribe of the Declaration of Independence
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Chris Coelho on the life and influence of Timothy Matlack, famed for being the scribe…
This Week on Dispatches: John A. Ruddiman on James Monroe’s America Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews John A. Ruddiman, Associate Professor of History at Wake Forest University, on his recent article about…
This Week on Dispatches: Jordan Baker on the Cherokee-American War
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Jordan Baker on the Cherokee people’s response to encroaching settlers along the southern frontier…
This Week on Dispatches: James D. R. Philips on the Influence of the English Revolution on the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and historian James D. R. Philips on his research about the influence of the English…
This Week on Dispatches: Edna Gabler on the Silence of Slavery in Revolutionary War Art
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, editor, researcher, and JAR contributor Edna Gabler on her recent study of images of enslaved…
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This Week on Dispatches: Jack Cambell on Lafayette’s Plan to Invade Ireland
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and historical interpreter Jack Campbell on the Marquis de Lafayette’s fascinating attempt to garner…
This Week on Dispatches: Norman Desmarais on the Gazette Françoise
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor, writer, and historian Norman Desmarais on the Gazette Françoise, a French newspaper published for…
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This Week on Dispatches: Bill Bleyer on the Culpeper Spy Ring
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer and historian Bill Bleyer on sifting fact from fiction about the legendary Culpeper Spy Ring….
This Week on Dispatches: Haimo Li on an Important Contribution of Maryland to the US Constitution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews political scientist and JAR contributor Haimo Li on how the Maryland declaration of rights outlawed ex…
This Week on Dispatches: John DeLee on Policy Toward Native Americans During the Articles of Confederation Period
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews USMA graduate and JAR contributor John DeLee on how the policy toward Indigenous Americans changed during…
This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on Bartram’s Travels in Florida
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian of colonial Florida and JAR contributor George Kotlik on botanist William Bartram’s travels in East Florida during…
This Week on Dispatches: Travis Copeland on the Capture of North Carolina’s Governor Thomas Burke
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Travis Copeland on the capture of North Carolina’s Patriot governor Thomas Burke by Loyalists…
This Week on Dispatches: Robert N. Fanelli on Cosmo Gordon of the Brigade of Guards
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews founding member of the Washington Crossing Revolutionary War Round Table and JAR contributor Robert N. Fanelli…
This Week on Dispatches: David P. Ervin on the Continental Army on the Upper Ohio
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor David P. Ervin on his research into the Continental army operations along the upper…
This Week on Dispatches: Mike Matheny on How Paperwork Saved the Continental Army
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews graduate student and JAR contributor Mike Matheny about his fascinating research and article about how the…
This Week on Dispatches: Charles Dewey on Abraham Bancker, Friend of the Republic
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Charles Dewey, US Army National Guard Intelligence Office and a historical interpreter and educator…
This Week on Dispatches: Philip D. Weaver on Joseph McCracken, New York’s First Revolutionary Captain
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher, author, and living history presenter Philip D. Weaver on New York’s Joseph McCracken, one of the…
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on South Carolina’s John Rutledge
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews consultant, author, and JAR contributor Eric Sterner on the life of John Rutledge, governor, president, and…
This Week on Dispatches: William V. Wenger on Foreign Assistance to the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired US Army officer Willam V. Wenger on his research into the contributions of France, Spain,…
This Week on Dispatches: James P. Sieradzki on the New Jersey Shop License Law of 1780
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews attorney and local historian James P. Sieradzki about New Jersey’s attempt to stop illicit trade between…
This Week on Dispatches: Jonathan Bayer on the Fake News of Quebec’s Surrender
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews PhD student and JAR contributor Jonathan Bayer on his discovery of an account of the surrender…
This Week on Dispatches: Gary Ecelbarger on Clement Biddle and the “Battle of the Clouds”
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer and JAR contributor Gary Ecelbarger on what a letter from Clement Biddle can tell us…
This Week on Dispatches: Geoff Smock on the Teenage Thomas Jefferson
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews educator and JAR contributor Geoff Smock on his research into the teenage years of Thomas Jefferson,…
This Week on Dispatches: Richard J. Werther on King Gustav III of Sweden Recognizing the United States
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher and JAR contributor Richard J. Werther on King Gustav III of Sweden’s recognition of an…
This Week on Dispatches: John Rees on Remembrances of Black Revolutionary War Veterans
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, researcher, historian, and JAR contributor John Rees on his series of articles about nineteenth-century remembrances…
This Week on Dispatches: Todd Braisted on Benjamin Thompson’s Black Dragoons
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher, writer, and JAR contributor Todd Braisted on loyalist Benjamin Thompson—later Count Mumford—and the provincial mounted regiment that…
This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the Impeachment of Senator William Blount, the First in American History
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the impeachment of Senator William Blount of Tennessee, the…
This Week on Dispatches: Mark Sullivan on Francis and Gottlieb Otto, Loyalists or Rebels?
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, historian, and twenty-five year US Army veteran Mark Sullivan on his recent JAR article about…
This Week on Dispatches: Brooke Barbier on Paul Revere’s Boston
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer and podcast host Brooke Barbier about historic sites in Boston that were familiar to Paul Revere….
This Week on Dispatches: William W. Reynolds on the British Naval Signals Missions of 1781
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired engineer and JAR contributor William W. Reynolds on how the Americans were able to obtain…