Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

This week our guest is author Gabriel Neville. Before the Revolution began, the colony of Virginia took steps to take possession of the western frontier. After the war, they set their plans in motion. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Author Steven Bier. In 1776, Hessian soldiers invaded the American mainland. But who were these men? And how did they experience the war? For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Michael Adelberg. In 1781, Loyalists prisoner broke out of the Monmouth County Jail in New Jersey. It was a harrowing chapter in the ongoing drama of the American Revolution.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Scott Syfert. In May of 1775, frontier Patriots from North Carolina gathered to declare independence from Great Britain. The document was lost to history, and some question whether it occurred at all. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author Tom McMillan. In "The Year That Made America," author Tom Macmillan examines the critical eight months leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Our guest this week is author and JAR Associate Editor Brady Crytzer. During the American Revolution, Pope Pius VI spoke out passionately against the false promises of liberty and freedom, claiming that Enlightened philosophers were deceiving the masses. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. During a naval battle off the coast of Barbados, a ship exploded killing 300 men in an instant. It was deadliest moment of the war. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Geoffrey Hoerauf. Fort Detroit was a vital outpost of empire, but spies reigned on the frontier. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Fort Ticonderoga VP of Public History Stuart Lilie. From December 5th-7th, Fort Ticonderoga will host a celebration and reenactment of Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Our guest this week is JAR contributor Brett Bannor, discussing the Founding Generation's deep affection for Gulliver's Travels. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Alexander S. Burns. Dr. Burns discussed his new book "Infantry In Battle: 1733-1783," at the 2025 Braddock's Road Preservation Association Seminar at Fort Ligonier in Ligonier, PA. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee. In the early republic, newspaper editors John Fenno and Philip Freneau waged a war of words. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor G. Patrick O'Brien. In 1783, Alexander Thompson was given a great task...making peace with the British and their Native allies in Western New York. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Patrick Hannum. In 1775, William Woodford crossed the James River to oust Governor Lord Dunmore of Virginia. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Rick Gardiner. For the last two centuries historians have speculated as to the identity of George Washington's first teacher. Richard Gardiner provides compelling new evidence. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author Jason Cherry. The 14th colony was a dream of many in Colonial America, but the Revolution brought it to a screeching halt. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Josh Wheeler. In 1782, a North Carolina Loyalist named David Fanning went on a murderous spree to stop state elections. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is JAR contributor Vic DiSanto. In 1779, George Washington launched a brutal campaign against the Iroquois in Western New York. The results were catastrophic for the "People of the Longhouse." For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor David Price. Lemuel Haynes was an early abolitionist in the Revolutionary Era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Eric Sterner. Samuel Brady was a legend on the frontier, and a chance encounter changed the life of Jane Stoops. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor David P. Ervin. The 13th Virginia was created to defend the western frontier, but troubles began when it was called to serve in the eastern theater. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Elizabeth Reese. The story of Nelly Custis is a one of hope, tragedy, and grief. Raised as the granddaughter of George Washington, her life fell apart upon the President's passing. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Franklin D. Rausch. In the fall of 1775, a the war in South Carolina ignited in in the Siege of Saveges' Old Fields. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is SC250 CEO Molly Fortune. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolution, SC250 has recently published the first volume of the Papers of Francis Marion. To read the letters, visit www.SC250.com and for more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR Contributor Mike Cecere. On the eve of Revolution, America's militia's stood at the ready. In time, they would become a critical part of the war effort. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Jude Pfister. The Federalist Papers stand amongst the most important documents from the Revolutionary era, and they are being reevaluated for a new era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is author Carter F. Smith. Samuel Mason was a war hero in the west, and its most famous pirate. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Andrew Lawler. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Virginia Governor John Murray, Lord Dunmore, shocked the colony when he began arming enslaved men. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Robert J. Walworth. In the lead-up to the American Revolution, Vermont and New York tangled over territory until the Crown stepped in. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Keith Muchowski. From his days in the Revolution to his eventual rise to Mayor, Richard Varick was a NYC staple. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Archaeologist Jonathan Burns. In November of 1758, George Washington accidentally opened fire on his own men in the wilds of Western Pennsylvania. For two centuries the battlefield has been lost, and Jonathan Burns believes he's found it. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author Christopher R. Pearl, discussing his new book "Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution." For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Blake McGready. The war in the Hudson Highlands was a difficult affair, made more tedious by the environmental factors. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Paul B. Elmore. Long before he was America's most reviled traitor, Benedict Arnold had a personal grudge with James Easton. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week on Dispatches, we share Brady Crytzer's lecture on Seneca Chief Guyasuta. A lifelong advocate of Native rights, Guyasuta served as a warrior, Sachem, and diplomat during the Seven Years War and American Revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Robert E. Wright. In the years leading to the American Revolution, British fiscal policy was a leading factor of unrest in the colonies. As Robert Wright shows, taxes were just the beginning. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is author, editor, and JAR contributor Ray Raphael. When the American Executive was being considered, Benjamin Franklin had strong reservations about the scope of its power. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our feature is Dr. Glenn F. Williams. On Saturday, November 2nd, 2024, Dr. Williams presented a lecture on his new book Dunmore's War at the Braddock's Road Preservation Association Annual Seminar in Ligonier, PA. He is introduced in this clip by BRPA Vice President Dr. David Preston. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Tim Abbott. The story of Capt. Bezaleel Beebe is a chilling reminder of the horrors of war, and the trauma of captivity. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Robert Guy. The American west was transformed into a brutal partisan warzone, and Western Pennsylvania was amongst the most terrible. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Jude M. Pfister. George Washington was executive of a new nation, and an untested judiciary. We examine his opinions of the courts and his perspectives on early American jurisprudence. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week is our very special Halloween edition of Dispatches. In 1794, a Virginia farmer was haunted by a spiritual entity, and he called about a Russian prince-turned-priest to save him. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Colin J. Wood. The legacy of Benedict Arnold is a complicated one, and new sources have revealed fresh interpretations of his service at Saratoga. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor and author Joseph Manca. Phillis Wheatley came to the New World as an enslaved person, but has left a lasting historical and literary legacy. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Jason R. Wickersty. In the wake of the Battle of Long Island, news flourished in Britain. Some was highly accurate, and some was...well, not. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Scott Syfert. When Charles Cornwallis looked at South Carolina, he hoped for a groundswell of Loyalist support. The Battle of Ramsour's Mill broke that illusion. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.