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Autograph letter signed

2 April 1796

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

to Samuel Bayard

Boudinot, director of the United States Mint, transmits Bills of Exchange (not included) to London to pay Bayard for copper imported to the United States. Reports that President George Washington refused to submit papers regarding negotiations with...

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Autograph letter signed

December 8, 1812

Adams, John, 1735-1826

to Dr. Benjamin Rush

"The history of the hobby horse" -page 4 (Adams's humorous name for the story he tells in this letter). Free frank on page 4. The letter also discusses the dream of American glory and early history.

GLC00599

Collection Item

Autograph letter

June 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

to Anthony Wayne

Thanks him for his recent letter. Accepts his congratulations for the newly-formed federal government and "our truly illustrious Cincinnatus [George Washington] to be head thereof." Extensively discusses diplomatic relationships between countries in...

GLC02437.04265

Video

Historians Now: Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser

Government and Civics

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Richard Brookhiser discusses his book, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln . Brookhiser traces Lincoln's quest to follow in the footsteps of the Founding Fathers.

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Alexander Hamilton’s "gloomy" view of the American Revolution, 1780

Government and Civics

By October 1780, in the midst of the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton was discouraged by the apparent apathy of the American people and the ineffectuality of their elected representatives, as well as by the recent discovery of...

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

The name Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt conjures up many images: from hunter to teddy bear, from trust-buster to champion of capitalism, from Republican president to Bull Moose challenger. T.R. remains controversial, contradictory, and...

Appears in:

17 | Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era Fall 2008

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

As Americans anxiously watch the stock market’s daily fluctuations, the rising unemployment rate, housing foreclosures and the scandals that have rocked the financial world, the fear of another Great Depression hovers in our minds....

Appears in:

19 | The Great Depression Spring 2009

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Introducing Jake Rhoades, the 2018 Montana History Teacher of the Year

Jake Rhoades Montana History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...

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Announcing the 2020 Lincoln Prize Finalists

Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the...