Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

E159: George Kotlik: Benjamin Franklin’s East Florida Warning

This week our guest is JAR contributor George Kotlik. While East Florida was open for settlement, it was a dangerous proposition for newcomers. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E158: Eugene Procknow: William Hunter: Finding Free Speech

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Eugene Procknow. In his new book "William Hunter: Finding Free Speech: A British Soldier's Son Who Became an Early American" Procknow highlights the dramatic and dynamic world of early America, and a man who benefitted from it. For more information and a full review visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E157: Mark R. Anderson: King George III’s Montreal Bust in a Pattern of Iconoclasm

This week our guest is JAR contributor Mark R. Anderson. Long before the famed destruction of King George’s statue in New York, his bust was defaced in Montreal. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E156: Joseph Solis-Mullen: From the Partition of Poland to Yorktown

This week our guest is JAR contributor Joseph Solis-Mullen. While few Americans were aware of it, the global geopolitics of Europe played a major role in deciding the outcome of their revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

 

E155: Kenneth E. Lawson: Rev. George Whitefield’s Influence on Chaplains in Colonial America

This week our guest is JAR contributor Kenneth E. Lawson. George Whitefield revolutionized religion in Colonial America, and became one of the famous people on the continent. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

E154: Alexander Lenarchyk: Washington’s Asylum

This week our guest is JAR contributor Alexander Lenarchyk. While Washington wrote about the state of the war, he contemplated a personal asylum in the event that his army was defeated. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E153: Jane L. Green: Thomas Ditson: Puritan to Patriot

This week our guest is JAR contributor  Jane L. Green. Thomas Ditson led an unremarkable life, until one fateful day in Boston changed his life forever. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E152: Eric Wiser: Hell’s Half Acre: The Fall of Loyalist Crean Brush

This week our guest is JAR contributor Eric Wiser. The story of loyalist Crean Brush was one of service, patriotism, and despair. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E151: Norman Desmarais: Blessing of the Flags

This week our guest is JAR contributor Norman Desmarais. As a pillar of their faith and country, Spanish and French soldiers of the 18th century practiced many Catholic rituals. Amongst the most mysterious was the blessing of the flags. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E150: Selden West: The Taking of the Shuldham, 1781

This week our guest is JAR contributor Selden West. In 1781, Patriots from Connecticut raided and captured the vessel Shuldham. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.