Edward Rutledge was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Shearjashub Bourne - John Adams' Last Client
Shearjashub Bourne was an early member of the United States House of Representatives and the last client of John Adams.
The Man John Adams Helped Amputate - William Barron
William Barron was a Lieutenant on the ship which was carrying John Adams to France when a mishap put them both in an uncomfortable situation.
William Vans Murray and the End of the Quasi-War with France
William Vans Murray was an early Minister to the Netherlands who took the lead during the Convention of 1800.
First American Secretary at The Court of St James - William Stephens Smith
William Stephens Smith had an extremely interesting place in the American Founding, including serving as an aide-de-camp to Washington and an attempted invasion of Venezuela.
Alfred Uses John Adams' Success Against The Constitution
Alfred was the pseudonym of an Anti-Federalist author who argued that the form of government was not the biggest problem in late 18th century America, reckless spending was.
An Able Youth With Certain Follies - Jonathan Williams Austin
Jonathan Williams Austin was one of John Adams’ first law clerks.
"If They Fired Thro' His Arse" - Luther Baldwin Insults President Adams
Luther Baldwin was a relative unknown who made a joke in bad taste, got arrested and changed the course of American history.
John Fries' Rebellion - America's Third Anti-Tax Revolt
John Fries was a Continental Army veteran who started a rebellion when President Adams decided to collect taxes.
The Man Who John Adams Helped Amputate - William Barron
William Barron was a Lieutenant on the ship which was carrying John Adams to France when a mishap put them both in an uncomfortable situation.
The Death of a President's Son - Charles Adams' Alcoholism
Charles Adams was the third child of President John Adams.
John Adams Responds to the Ladies
John Adams’ response to his wife, Abigail’s, request to ‘Remember the Ladies’ was not exactly what she was hoping for.
Dixwell the Regicide's Grave - A Visit With Roger Sherman
In August of 1774, two future signers of the Declaration of Independence visited the grave of a man who killed a King a century earlier.
John Dickinson Absents Himself From Independence
John Dickinson was decidedly against independence, yet remains one of the most important American Founders.
Humphrey Plowjogger's Secret Identity
Humphrey Plowjogger was John Adams’ pen name in the decade leading up to the American Revolution.