Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Derrick E. Lapp. The new town of Williamsport, MD made a push to be the nation's capital, and although it did not succeed it made an admirable attempt. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Christian McBurney. On the eve of Revolution a NC slaver tried to transport an enslaved family south. The legislature of Rhode Island stopped it in a major step toward emancipation and abolition. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor David Price. Edward Hand rose from an immigrant, to a surgeon, to a Adjutant General of the Continental Army. His career earned him high marks, and he began one of Washington's most trusted subordinates. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor James M. Smith. Charles Thomson analyzed treaties between America and the Delaware Nation. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor M. Andrew Holowchak. Thomas Jefferson wrote on many of the most important topics of his day, and had strong opinions of each. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is James M. Deitch. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson enumerated his grievances against the Crown in clear terms. They were each written with purpose and to great effect. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guests are JAR contributors Patrick Hannum and Fred Kienle. In an expansive letter, General George Washington detailed his perspectives on all manner of military matters. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR Managing Editor Don N. Hagist. While the nation celebrated the Patriot victory at Concord on March 19th, few historians have taken the time to examine the British soldiers who fought on the other side. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Travis Copeland. In the war for North Carolina, the attack on Fort Johnston stands as a watershed moment. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Timothy C. Hemmis. The American west was vital part of the revolutionary cause, but a unpredictable and often violent place. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Kim Burdick. As the only battle from "the First State," Cooch's Bridge stands as an exercise in the stunningly local nature of this truly international war. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week or guest is JAR contributor Scott M. Smith. A legend for his service during the Seven Years War, Robert Rogers time during the American Revolution was far less glamorous. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This Week our guest is JAR contributor Travis Copeland. In 1776 the continental army went to war with the Cherokee nation. Joseph Williams of North Carolina was a key part of this contested expedition. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guests are Thomas Mercer and James Kirby Martin, the creators of the new docudrama "Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed." Reviled as one of America's most infamous traitors, Benedict Arnold had a distinguished career in the service of the Continental Army before making his decision to switch sides. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author and historian Woody Holton. In this sweeping analysis of the Revolutionary Era, Holton proposes bold new interpretations of America’s founding era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is JAR contributor Bridget Barbara. In the newest releases of her video series, Bridget Barbara visits the battlefield at Yorktown and the American Revolution Museum. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is James M. Smith. The American Patriots declared independence after long deliberations fueled by some of the greatest philosophers of the time. Their debates have been critical to understanding the origins of the modern United States. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Richard Werther. In a modern world of debates over vaccine mandates, history reveals that George Washington issued a inoculation mandate of his own. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Rand Mirante. Just a few decades after the war ended, two of the era’s most prominent commentators began a battle of their own. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Dr. Gregory J.W. Urwin. Only a few hours after his victory at Yorktown, General George Washington ordered the Continental army to pursue enslaved men who aided the British in exchange for their freedom. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor David M. Griffin. During the Battle of Long Island, the Brooklyn Line Forts played a pivotal role. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Patrick H. Hannum. Off the coast of Virginia, George Washington met with a pair of French commanders that redirected the fortunes of the American Revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guests are JAR contributors Michael C. Harris and Gary Ecelbarger. While Washington’s Army is typically viewed as under strength, new research shows that his army was far larger than first realized. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Justin McHenry. The papers of George Washington were voluminous, and their survival was due largely to the efforts of one man. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is David Price. Thomas Knowlton is little known, but his life was nothing short of revolutionary. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Jonathan Curran. The Whiskey Rebellion shook early America to its core, but before the violence there was wide support for the rebels. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Journal of the American Revolution contributor Dean Snow. Although they came to the battle of Saratoga in different ways both continental and militia cavalry played critical roles in the victory. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Chris Coelho. Famed for being a scribe of liberty, Timothy Matlack’s life remains one of the most intriguing of the founding era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor John A. Ruddiman. Long before he became our 5th president, James Monroe served as a young man on the front lines of America’s war for independence. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Jordan Baker. The American Revolution was many small wars in one, and the Cherokee-American conflict is a prime example of the many faces of the imperial struggle. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is author James DR Philips. The English Revolution changed history, and it’s influence reigns over the American Revolution and the US Constitution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Edna Gabler. Always present but rarely seen, African Americans played a critical role in determining the outcome of the American Revolution. Through an examination of 18th century artists, many conclusions can be drawn. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Jack Campbell. While his efforts to aid the Patriot cause have become legendary, the Marquis de Lafayette also had a plan to stir up an Irish rebellion. He called it the "scheme of my heart." For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is JAR contributor Norman Desmarais. The Gazette Francoise was unique in America: a foreign newspaper published exclusively for foreign soldiers serving in the New World. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.