Thomas Jefferson Letter to John Jay, August 23, 1785: “Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most …
On 3 September 1783, the Peace of Paris was signed and the American War for Independence officially ended. The following excerpt from John Ferling’s Almost …
By the summer of 1783, the newly formed United States had won the War of Independence, but the survival of the nation remained far from …
George Washington to the General, Field, & other Officers Assembled at the New Building pursuant to the General Order of the 11th Instant March. Source: …
One of the early threats to the republic came in March 1783, when a group of officers in the Continental Army decided to challenge the authority …
On Sept. 12, 1782, Congress approved of Robert Aitken’s printing of the Bible. Called “the Bible of the Revolution,” it was the first English-language Bible …
Francis Marion, the inspiration for Benjamin Martin’s character in the movie The Patriot, was much more than a knife-between-the-teeth warrior; he’s a man who had …
The United States in Congress Assembled (USCA), the third united American republic, was formed by 13 States with the Articles of Confederation’s enactment on March …
Catherine “Kate” Moore Barry, the “Heroine of the Battle of Cowpens,” rode through the back trails of South Carolina to warn of approaching British troops …
In July of 1775, General Washington appointed Dr. Benjamin Church as the first surgeon general of the Continental Army. Three months later, Washington discovered Dr. …
