Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 Aug 1749 – 22 Mar 1832), a German writer and statesman wrote Elective Affinities. The title is taken from a scientific …
Quote from the Eighth Annual Message to Congress, delivered by Thomas Jefferson on November 8, 1808: “For a people who are free, and who mean …
WE Americans live in a society awash in historical celebrations. The last few years have witnessed commemorations of the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase (2003) …
“I consider Burr as a man to be shunned … an unprincipled adventurer.” –James Monroe to James Madison, August 5, 1795 Given that nearly every …
Hamilton intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, Vice President Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally shot him in a duel July …
Thomas Jefferson sent his ‘wall of separation’ letter to the Danbury Baptist Association to assure them that although the state offered them religious freedoms only …
William Paley (1743-1805), in his 1802 classic, Natural Theology, summarized the viewpoint of the scientists. He argued that the kind of carefully designed structures we …
On November 1, 1800, President John Adams, in the last year of his only term as president, moved into the newly constructed President’s House, the original …
