American Revolution Podcast

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AR-SP10 Lindsay Chervinsky - The Cabinet Jun 24, 2021

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Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, discusses the first Administration and how President Washington came to use his Cabinet.

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ARP206 George Washington in Philadelphia Jun 20, 2021

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The Commander of the Continental Army leaves for Philadelphia in December 1778 to confer with Congress. His plans to stay for only a few days drags into well over a month as events keep him occupied in the city.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington, the Indispensable Man, by James Flexner

Online Recommendation of the Week: Itinerary of George Washington, from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 https://archive.org/details/itineraryofgener01bake

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ARP205 Congress Enters 1779 Jun 13, 2021

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A frustrated President Henry Laurens resigns. Congress elects John Jay to run Congress. It also investigates General William Thompson for allegedly bad mouthing Congress. The session is also filled with efforts to deal with the growing debt and related inflation of the Continental Dollar.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: John Jay: Founding Father, by Walter Stahr.

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Resignation of Henry Laurens: https://archive.org/details/jstor-20083317

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ARP204 British Capture Savannah Jun 06, 2021

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Britain sends a force under Colonel Archibald Campbell to take Savannah, Georgia. A small defensive force under General Robert Howe attempts a defense but is easily outmaneuvered.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Southern Strategy: Britain’s Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia 1775-1780, By David K Wilson

Online Recommendation of the Week: Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill; sometime prisoner of war in the jail at Concord, Massachusetts, By Charles Walcott, 1899: https://archive.org/details/sirarchibaldcamp00walc

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ARP203 St Lucia and Dominica May 30, 2021

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Late in 1778, Both France and Britain look for vulnerable islands in the West Indies. France captures the British Island of Dominica Britain captures St. Lucia before a the French fleet arrives from America.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution and the West Indies, by Charles W. Toth (ed) (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: Founder of the day: founderoftheday.com, also FOTD Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3Gi2ZE_1piyX4aZ83cLbg

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ARP202 Cherry Valley Massacre May 23, 2021

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In the fall of 1778, Americans attack Indian villages at Unadilla and Onaquaga in upstate New York. In response, Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant and Major Walter Butler of Butler's Rangers attack the Americans at Cherry Valley, NY. They slaughter men, women, and children.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Iroquois in the American Revolution, by Barbara Graymont (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Old New York Frontier, by Francis Whiting Halsey https://archive.org/details/oldnewyorkfronti01hals

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ARP201 Treason in Philadelphia May 16, 2021

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General Benedict Arnold struggles as military governor of Philadelphia. Radicals attack him for profiting from his office and for consorting with loyalists. Radicals execute collaborators while Arnold attempts to bring the city back together.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Tom Paine and Revolutionary America, by Eric Foner.

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Edward Shippen Family: A Search for Stability in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, by Kenneth Kimsey: https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/565282/AZU_TD_BOX104_E9791_1973_325.pdf

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AR-SP09 Valcour, with Jack Kelly May 13, 2021

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Jack Kelly, author of Valcour: The 1776 Campaign that Saved the Cause of Liberty, discusses the topic of his new book.

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ARP200 Culper Spy Ring May 09, 2021

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General Washington develops a spy ring in British-occupied New York to provide the Continental Army with intelligence on the enemy.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring, by Alex Rose

Online Recommendation of the Week: Based on a True Story Podcast, Ep. 139 How does the show Turn! compare with actual events? https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/139-turn-washingtons-spies-with-michael-troy

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ARP199 Little Egg Harbor & Pulaski's Legion May 02, 2021

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As Admiral Richard Howe prepares to return to London, General Henry Clinton deploys a small fleet under Captain Patrick Ferguson to wipe out a "nest of pirates" at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.

General Casimir Pulaski, who has assembled his legion, marches to Little Egg Harbor to defend against the raid.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution, by Francis C. Kajencki.

Online Recommendation of the Week: Biographical sketch: or, Memoir of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Ferguson, by Adam Ferguson: https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00ferg

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