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Features, Interviews July 14, 2019 July 14, 2019

This Week on Dispatches: Philip D. Weaver on the Court-Martial of New York Captain Joel Pratt

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On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor, independent researcher, and living historian Philip D. Weaver on the story of New York Captain…

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