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If you ever wanted to know who-said-what while our country was being formed, and you want the original sources, this is the place. Hercules Mulligan has done all the research for you. Just click and read!
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The Founders' Bookshelf
http://foundersbookshelf.blogspot.com
This is a blog dedicated to making the voluminous writings of the Founders freely and openly available to the average citizen. Looking for letters? Verifying quotations? Doing research on the Founding Era? You've come to the right place!
- Added on: Sep 16th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
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Benjamin Rush (1745-1813)
BENJAMIN RUSH was born in Pennsylvania, and is known widely as a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As a student at Princeton (and later Edinburgh), he studied medicine, and wrote numerous essays on medical theory and anatomy. He became a lea...
The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)
THE FEDERALIST PAPERS were written by Alexander Hamilton (who formulated the idea to write the series), James Madison, and John Jay (both of whom Hamilton selected to help him). The Federalist Papers not only ably served their purpose in defending th...
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born in Massachuesetts, but ran away during his youth to Pennsylvania, which he adopted as his home for the remainder of his life. Franklin is famous for his writing and ingenious inventions, as an entrepreneur, statesman, and d...
John Dickinson (1732-1808)
JOHN DICKINSON was born in Maryland, to a Quaker family, who soon moved to Delaware and Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, and while he is known for his pamphlets explaining the rights of Americans, he refused to sign the De...
Constitutional Convention of 1787
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 met in the city of Philadelphia, in the very room where the Declaration of Independence had been signed eleven years earlier. It was attended by 55 delegates from all of the original thirteen united states, Rhode...
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
EDMUND BURKE was a member of the British Parliament, well-known for his support for the cause of the American colonies before and during the American Revolutionary War, and his strong opposition to the French Revolution. He is a widely-acknowledged i...
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