Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

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 . 

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 . 

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.

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

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 . 

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 . 

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 . 

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee. The federal government of the early republic was hardly a government at all, and it hoped that nationalizing lighthouses would change that perception. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is JAR editor and contributor Katie Turner Getty. The Battle of Bunker Hill lives on through the words of the people who fought there. These are the ten most fascinating quotes from veterans of the battle. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is JAR contributor Victor J. DiSanto. Daniel Nimham has been often overlooked for his service as Native American ally of the Patriot cause. A new statue has brought much more awareness to his service. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. After meticulous research, Dorney shares his findings regarding South Carolina's many soldiers and offers insights into their everyday lives. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week we revisit our interviw with author and JAR contributor J.L. Bell. The secrets of Samuel Dyer's clandestine Patriot life continue to be revealed in the second of our two part series. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

This week we revisit an interview with is JAR contributor and author J.L. Bell. Samuel Dyer's life is one that few have heard of, but his experiences could have changed history forever. This is part one of a two part series exploring his story. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is Shirley L. Green, author of "Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence." In this book Green analyzes the role of African-American troops during the wartime, through a microhistory of her own ancestors. For more information visit www.westholmepublishing.com and www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is JAR contributor Novia Liu. In the wake of the American Revolution, John Adams feared that his country was spiraling toward republicanism, and he took to the pen to stop it. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is JAR contributor Colin Zimmerman. While most Americans are familiar with the famed Battle of Trenton, few understand the complex German and British maneuvers leading up to it. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com 

This week our guest is JAR contributor Al Dickenson. In September of 1777 a Wheeling settler and American Patriot made a leap for the ages. While the legend of McColloch's Leap has grown over the centuries, vital questions remain about its veracity. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is author Abby Chandler. Few see a connection between the Stamp Act Riots and the Regulator movement, but in her new book Professor Abby Chandler shows how the politics of colonial Rhode Island and North Carolina were closely related. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is journalist and JAR contributor Jonathan House. Amongst the many voices of the American Revolution, Mercy Otis Warren is one of the most compelling. Her writings were ahead of their time and fascinate us to this day. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week is a live recording of my lecture from the Sir William Johnson and the War for Empire Conference in Johnstown, NY. Hosted by the Fort Plain Museum, this annual event features some of the brightest minds in the field of colonial American studies and the Seven Years' War. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com and www.fortplainmuseum.org.

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Brooke Barbier. In her new book "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father," Brooke Barbier brings to life one of the most critical characters of the revolutionary era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee. Lord Buchan was fascinated by all things Scottish, including George Washington. He became a strong supporter of the Virginian and placed him in a long line of proud Scottish figures. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

This week our guest is JAR contributor Jane Strachan. Margaret Montcrieffe Coghlan led an eventful life for a girl of 14, and met a tragic end. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Michael Cecere. In his new book United for Independence: The American Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1775-1776, author Michael Cecere provides an in-depth analysis of the people of politics of the Middle Colonies from 1775-1776. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com . 

This week our guest is author Norman E. Donaghue II. In 1777 unrest in the state of Pennsylvania caused Congress to take the controversial step of exiling the most prominent Quakers in Philadelphia. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com