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Ferling on Washington Administration by Arieh Sclar

“The necessity of putting the Army upon a respectable footing, both as to numbers and constitution, is now becoming more essential than...

The petition of several poor Negroes…we being chiefly of the African Extract and by Reason of Long Bondage and hard Slavery we have been...

“the continent was divided into two great political parties, the one of which contemplated America as a nation, and labored incessantly...

“Although Hamilton’s financial program was designed with these moneyed interests in mind, it was never intended for their exclusive...

There is no declaration of rights; and the laws of the general government being paramount [superior] to the laws and constitutions of the...

"It is a truth too universally known that the people of England are involved in a debt under which they struggle with the utmost...

That all commissions civil and military heretofore granted by the Crown to be exercised in these colonies are null and void and the...

“Can we be so deluded, to expect aid from those princes [France and Spain], which inspiring their subjects with a relish for liberty,...

“As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no...

While I just started the blog, I wanted to share some brief thoughts regarding the importance of documents in preparation for history...