Postmortem by Forbes: The Indian Ohio country for the 1760s
Forbes predicts the future. Would have been able to stop the western migration juggernaut? Everything he warns about, comes to pass in...
Postmortem by Forbes: Myrmidons for the 1760s
If only Forbes had survived. If only he lived to be made commander of the Pittsburg area, resisting the intentions of Virginia and...
John Adams' the Mob Majority Opinion like the Plague
John Adams has been wondering way before 1805, that this new nation is going to hell in a handbasket. . He likens the plague to mob...
William Pitt - The Elder but also a "Disrupter"
Does this look familiar? Excerpt In the mid-1700s, the British Empire was at an inflection point. The nation had just fought two wars...
Pursuit of Happiness? Or Happiness itself?
Arthur M Schlesinger claims it is Happiness itself, not the pursuing of it. That is the meaning Jefferson intended in the Declaration...
Adams and Jefferson no letters for 11 years
Between 24 March 1801 and 1 January 1812 , there is no correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Did Jefferson call Adams...
George Washington's lovesong Sarah (Sally) Cary Fairfax
George Washington loved Sarah (Sally) Cary. But most mentions of this adoration fail to really emphasize one major obstacle. Sara...
Boston Massacre in 1770 - Where was George Washington?
American political campaigns? Underhanded, dirty. Americans can spin, lie, and misinform better than any Russian or Chinese or Iranian...
George Washington's Great Grandfather and a "Witch"
The last Witch trials were in Virginia during a 104-year period from 1626 to 1730 and in Maryland between June 1654, and October 1712...
Source of the Bad Columbus
"Our polarized opinions would have had a familiar feel to Columbus . He returned from his first voyage a national hero. He returned from...
