John Adam Treutlen rose from the lowliest of beginnings to become Georgia's first Head of State.
William Henry Drayton and the Annexation of Georgia
William Henry Drayton was an American Revolutionary who attempted to have Georgia assumed into South Carolina.
Two Sick Thomas Lynch's
Thomas Lynch and his son, Thomas Lynch Jr, were American Patriots whose stories ended just when they were about to make history.
An Introduction to the Federal Farmer
The Federal Farmer was one of the most influential collections of Anti-Federalist Papers.
The Circus Comes To Town- John Bill Rickets Entertains Washington
John Bill Ricketts brought the circus to the United States.
The Fifer Who Made George Washington's Dentures - John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a fifer, inventor and dentist during the American Founding.
Samuel Whittemore - The Oldest Revolutionary, The Most Courage
Samuel Whittemore was an American Revolutionary who fought with more courage than your average soldier, despite being almost 80 years old.
Peter Muhlenberg's Democratic-Republican Society
Peter Muhlenberg was a Lutheran Minister who fought in the Revolutionary War and became an inaugural member of the US House of Representatives.
Matthew Tilghman Takes Charge of Revolutionary Maryland
At the beginning of the American Revolution, someone from Maryland had to lead its people to independence. Matthew Tilghman stepped into that role.
John Glover Ferries An Army Across The Delaware
John Glover was in charge to the two most famous water-based events of the Revolutionary War.
The Impartial Examiner V - Overcorrecting the Articles of Confederation
In Impartial Examiner V, an Anti-Federalist author asks if the Articles of Confederation are really so bad that they need to be entirely replaced.
Freeborn Garrettson - The Methodist Paul Revere
Freeborn Garrettson was an itinerant Preacher who was essential to the spread of Methodism and an early abolitionist.
Thomas Wharton Evacuates Pennsylvania's Government
Thomas Wharton, Jr was the first President of Pennsylvania and led his Government out of Philadelphia when the British Occupation of Philadelphia began.
Vermont's First Chief Justice...And First Senator - Moses Robinson
Moses Robinson is best known as the first Chief Justice of Vermont’s Supreme Court, though he had many other important contributions to that State’s Founding.
Founders Who Fell - 6 Revolutionaries to Remember This Memorial Day (2021)
This article contains some of those fallen American Revolutionaries who are often over looked, but at the time were considered martyrs.
Johann de Kalb Surveys the Revolutionary Landscape
Baron de Kalb was a German who worked for France and came to America to serve as a Major General in the Continental Army.
Patience Wright Waxes The King
Patience Wright was an American colonial sculptor who traveled to London and secretly participated in the American Revolution.
The Impartial Examiner IV - Presidential Veto
In the Impartial Examiner’s fourth Essay he attacks the Presidential Veto
Bayonet Stabbings, Bullet Wounds and History Books - Joseph Graham's Revolution
Joseph Graham was severely wounded during the Revolutionary War, became important in North Carolina politics and played a major part in compiling the early history of the area around Charlotte.
Pierpont Edwards Organizes The Toleration Party
Edwards was a Federal Judge who created the Toleration Party and brought freedom of religion to Connecticut for the first time.