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What Was it About George Washington…
… that made him “the indispensible man,” as described by historian James Thomas Flexner? And what was it about him that elicited these encomiums from his contemporaries upon his death? “First in war, first in peace, and first in … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Government & Politics, History
Tagged Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Declaration of Independence, First Continental Congress, George Washington, Joseph J. Ellis, Lexington and Concord, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Rev. Richard Allen, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson
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John Adams & Thomas Jefferson: From Friendship to Antagonism to Reconciliation
I have already written of the rivalry between Adams and Jefferson for the Presidency of the USA in the year 1800, and on the autobiography of Jefferson. What stimulated my writing of this current article was the arrival of a … Continue reading
The Pavellas Perspective 