Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

E179: Damien Cregeau: Colonel Daniel Hitchcock of Rhode Island

This week our guest is JAR contributor  Damien Cregeau. After working as an attorney for Patriot sympathizers, Daniel Hitchcock joined the revolutionary cause. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

E178: Colin Zimmerman: The Battle of Crosswicks: Prelude to Monmouth

This week our guest is JAR contributor Colin Zimmerman. In June of 1778, British forces marched in pursuit of George Washington, but we’re delayed by Patriots at Crosswicks Creek. It was a small battle with great implications. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E177: Joseph E. Wroblewski: Annis Boudinot Stockton: The Poet and the General

This week our guest is JAR contributor Joseph E. Wroblewski. Annis Boudinot Stockton was a premiere poet of her day, and kept regular correspondence with General George Washington. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

 

E176: Aaron J. Palmer: The 1775 Duel Between Henry Laurens and John Faucheraud Grimke

This week our guest is JAR contributor Aaron J. Palmer. In 1775 the Revolutionary politics of South Carolina came to a boiling point when Henry Laurens and John Faucheraud Grimke challenged one another to a duel. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E175: Victor J. DiSanto: Major Andre’s Captors Revisited

This week our guest is JAR contributor Victor J. DiSanto. For years, mystery and controversy have surrounded the captors of Major John Andre. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com 

E174: Nancy Rubin Stuart: Benjamin Franklin’s Unconventional Marriage to Deborah Read

This week our guest is author Nancy Rubin Stuart. Despite his impressive actions, Benjamin Franklin's public role took a terrible toll on his marriage to Deborah Read. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E173: Samuel T. Lair: Partisan Politics and the Laws Which Shaped the First Congress

This week our guest is JAR contributor Samuel T. Lair. During the earliest days of the republic, states became laboratories of experimentation regarding how to implement laws which the Constitution left vague. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E172: Neil C. Olsen: Samuel Johnson’s Influence on the America

This week our guest is JAR contributor Neil C. Olsen. As a leading philosopher, educator, and theologian of his day, Connecticut’s Samuel Johnson exercised great sway in early America. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E171: Todd W. Braisted: Point/Counterpoint Between Israel Putnam and William Tryon

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Todd W. Braisted. During the occupation of New York, Patriot commander Israel Putnam played a game of psychological warfare when he attempted to lure German auxiliaries to the rebel side. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E170: Brian Koyn: George Washington: First in Emotional Intelligence

This week our guest is JAR contributor Lt. Col. Brian Koyn. Because of his voluminous writings and notes, a reliable profile of George Washington's emotional intelligence has produced important new findings. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.