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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Politics (>1783) February 18, 2021 February 23, 2021

The Admission of North Carolina and Rhode Island into the Union

by David Otersen

On November 21, 1789, the people of the state of North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution. On May 29, 1790, the people of…

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Constitutional Debate, Politics, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) November 29, 2018 November 26, 2018

The Constitutional Debate over a Standing National Navy

by Jason Yonce

There is a gap in most histories of the United States Navy. The blank space lies between the end of the American Revolution and…

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1. Bill Reynolds Eleven Patriot Company Commanders at Great Bridge, December 9, 1775

Nice job on a topic for which original sources are few! Thanks for putting this account together.
2. Shawn David McGhee This Week on Dispatches: John E. Happ on Benjamin Franklin and the American Legacy in Paris

This is a really fun interview, both informative and entertaining. Thank you, Brady and John.
3. Vic DiSanto Eleven Patriot Company Commanders at Great Bridge, December 9, 1775

Being Italo-American, I was surprised to learn that the Taliaferro family settled in Virgina in the 17th century. An ancestor had been a musician at the court of Queen Elizabeth…