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Of all the Founding Fathers, John Adams, who died July 4, 1826, impresses me most. He was the literal father of many, including another future president, and took great interest in shaping his ...
With Father’s Day approaching, we should remind ourselves that the Founding Fathers were not only America’s symbolic fathers, but many were pulling dual duties as real fathers as well. John ...
Lists containing the names of some of the U.S. Founding Fathers and their respective ages on July 4, 1776, the date the Declaration of Independence was adopted, have circulated online since at ...
An intimate testament to love and to home written and signed by Founding Father John Adams was sold for $40,000 by auction house Raab Collection on Wednesday. The heartfelt letter from the then ...
Mr. Stahr talked about his book [John Jay: Founding Father], published by Hambledon and London. Jay was a central figure in the American Revolution and early Republic; a delegate to and president ...
Young John Morton later moved from Plymouth to Middleborough where he lived and farmed his father’s land, along with his second wife, Mary Ring, and their six children. He died in 1718 and is ...
A new HBO miniseries based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning biography by David McCullough aims to present an authentic portrayal of the life and times of America's second president, John Adams.
An extremely rare 17th century coin owned by Founding Father John Adams' family has sold for $2.52 million. The silver threepence coin, minted in 1652, set a new world record for a coin auction on ...
An intimate testament to love and to home written and signed by Founding Father John Adams was sold for $40,000 by auction house Raab Collection on Wednesday. The heartfelt letter from the then ...
Left: American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, Founding Father of the United States, and signer of the Treaty of Paris, John Jay, circa 1785. From an original engraving by H.B. Hall. Photo by Kean ...
Founding Father John Dickinson and History of Delaware. At the John Dickinson Plantation outside of Dover, DE, site supervisor Gloria Henry discussed the life and legacy of John Dickinson.
This Father’s Day, let us honor John Adams as not only one of America’s founding fathers, but as a father who wanted to secure a bright future for his children and for the children of other ...