More than two centuries after the groundbreaking events of the American struggle for independence, its key figures strike us more as players in a myth than as people who lived, worked, and interacted with one another. To recover the human dimension of the founders, we need look no further than their own words. Through a series of revealing ...
Through a selection of essential documents from 1787 and 1788, this book gives readers the flavor and immediacy of the great debate in all its political intensity. This updated edition contains an entirely new section on the debate over class structure, property rights, and the economy under the proposed Constitution - an ideal introduction to a ...
"A Great and Good Man" presents a lively collection of contemporary letters, poems, addresses and newspaper reports that demonstrate the remarkable esteem in which Washington was held. Washington would become, after his death, a true symbol of the American republic. This selection of materials, many reprinted for the first time since the ...
"Citizen Jefferson" is an elegantly produced collection of quotations from Jefferson's public and private correspondence-to family and friends, political allies, and rivals-and other writings.
More than any other Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson made his reputation on the brilliance of his writing. John Adams chose the 33-year-old Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence largely because of his 'masterly Pen'. The genius of the Declaration and Jefferson's later writings amply confirmed Adams' judgment. Few writers have said so ...
"Citizen Jefferson" is an elegantly produced collection of quotations from Jefferson's public and private correspondence - to family and friends, political allies, and rivals - and other writings.
The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history.
This compilation of over 1,000 quotations on 450 topics draws exclusively from the genius of Tom Paine. Accompanied by an insightful and concise biography, this totally unique volume broadens and deepens our understanding and appreciation of this quintessential yet enigmatic revolutionary, whose vision of a humane and democratic society shaped a ...
The false fabric of history is unraveling beneath an avalanche of pathological lies to justify endless war and Orwellian new laws that revoke the rights of Americans. While TV and newspapers glorify the dangerous ideas of perverted billionaires, the Internet has pulsated with outrage and provided a new and real forum for freedom among concerned ...
This documentary series comprises encyclopedic volumes, consisting of manuscript and printed documents compiled from hundreds of sources. The series is an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
This is the third of five planned volumes documenting New York State's public and private debates about the Constitution and the calling of New York's ratifying convention, featuring numerous newspaper items and letters, New York ratification chronologies, lists of New York officeholders, biographies of major figures, and many other important ...
This is the fourth of five planned volumes documenting New York State's public and private debates about the Constitution and the calling of New York's ratifying convention, featuring numerous newspaper items and letters, New York ratification chronologies, lists of New York officeholders, biographies of major figures, and many other important ...
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