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Books and Publications, Documents, Interviews, Political Philosophy November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022

This Week on Dispatches: David Otersen on Algernon Sidney and the American Revolution

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor David Otersen on the influence of political philosopher Alergnon Sidney on Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,…

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Features, Political Philosophy, Reviews November 11, 2020 November 9, 2020

First Principles

by Timothy Symington

First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned From the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E. Ricks (New York, NY: Harper…

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McLane's mounted company were always around, seldom seen. It's possible they were the unit that left smoldering campfires above Hockessin Meetinghouse when the British arrived, late afternoon of Sep 9.…
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3. Bob Winowitch Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

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