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Issue	Title	Column	Author
Vol. 08 No. 1	How Betsy Ross Became Famous	Features	Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Vol. 08 No. 1	An American Flag in Japan: Townsend Harris and the materials of diplomacy, 1857-58	Object Lessons	Barbara Brooks
Vol. 03 No. 2	Star-spangled Sentiment	Features	Robert E. Bonner
Vol. 12 No. 3	Making the Nation	Reviews	George W. Boudreau
Vol. 17 No. 3	America, the “Rebellious Slut”: Gender & Political Cartoons in the American Revolution	Features	Stephanie McKellop
Vol. 09 No. 4	Common Sense and Imperial Atrocity	Thomas Paine	J. M. Opal
Vol. 14 No. 3	Opting Out	The American Revolution Reborn	Marjoleine Kars
Vol. 06 No. 2	Using 1776	The Common School	Adrienne Kupper
Vol. 18 No. 1	Exeter’s Declaration of Independence: A Festival, a Broadside, and a Lesson in Public History	Features	Jessica Lepler
Vol. 11 No. 4	America’s First Flash Mob: The Boston Tea Party	Reviews	Christine LaHue

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