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Welcome to Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution. Each week Dispatches features interviews highlighting the latest in scholarship, news, and opinions regarding the American Revolutionary Era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com
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Sunday Apr 21, 2024
E255: Raphael Corletta: The Two "Empires of Liberty"
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
This week our guest is JAR contributor Raphael Corletta. Thomas Jefferson and Esther Reed both used the phrase "Empire of Liberty" to describe their nation, but they used them in very different ways. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Eric Sterner. After receiving orders to move down the American coast, Commodore Esek Hopkins raided Nassau. As a result, he was censured by Congress. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Sunday Apr 07, 2024
E253: Selden West: A Smart Engagement: A Whaleboat Fight Off Stamford, CT
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
This week our guest is JAR contributor Selden West. In 1778 a small group of locals from Stamford, CT attempted to steal a British sloop. The engagement that followed would be an early prelude to the famed Whaleboat Wars. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
This week our guest is JAR contributor Gerald Krieger. The war in the South was messy, and far more contentious than the British high command anticipated. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Sunday Mar 17, 2024
E251: Gene Procknow: Henry Clinton's Plan to End the War
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Gene Procknow. As the war dragged on, Sir Henry Clinton devised a plan to end the conflict. It would never come to fruition but revealed the desperation growing among the British ranks. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Sunday Mar 10, 2024
E250: Sherman Lohnes: General John Burgoyne's Stay in Albany
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
This week our guest is JAR contributor Sherman Lohnes. After his surrender at Saratoga, General John Burgoyne stayed in Albany. His time there has been largely misunderstood, and new research sheds light on the topic. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Sunday Feb 25, 2024
E249: Jude M. Pfister: John Marshall, Historian
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Jude M. Pfister. John Marshall looms over history as one of the most prolific Supreme Court Justices of his era, but he was also a biographer of George Washington. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
This is our very special Valentine's Day edition of Dispatches! Our guest this week is JAR Contributor Derrick E. Lapp discussing the torrid love affairs of Maryland's Otho Holland Williams. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
This week our guest is JAR contributor David L. Wright. Charles Thomson had a front row seat to the formative events of the Revolutionary Era, and he kept the receipts. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Sunday Feb 04, 2024
E246: Todd W. Braisted: Charles Turner: One Soldier, Three Armies
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Todd W. Braisted. Charles Turner's remarkable experience in the American Revolution saw him cross the continent under the command of three separate armies. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.