James Madison, Speech at Constitutional Convention (August 25)
The 1st. clause of 1 Sect. of art: VII being reconsidered Col. MASON objected to the term “shall” -fullfil the engagements & discharge the debts &c as too strong. It may be impossible to comply with it. The Creditors should be kept in the same plight. They will in one respect be necessarily and properly […]
George Washington 1786 Letter to Morris
Mt Vernon 12th April 1786 . Dear Sir, . I give you the trouble of this letter at the instance of Mr Dalby of Alexandria; who is called to Philadelphia to attend what he conceives to be a vexatious law-suit respecting a slave of his, which a Society of Quakers in the City (formed for […]
Alexander Hamilton Philo Camillus #2
For the Argus. . Citizen Greenleaf, . A Writer, who signs himself Cinna, has come forward to refute the argument which has been stated by Camillus, as that of Great Britain, in support of her construction of the article respecting the Negroes. If illiberal insinuation is argument, Cinna is an adept. But he mistakes the […]
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
. Resolved, that it be an instruction to the said deputies, when assembled in general congress with the deputies from the other states of British America, to propose to the said congress that an humble and dutiful address be presented to his majesty, begging leave to lay before him, as chief magistrate of the British […]
Ch 7 – Premise of Truth
. Introduction to Primary Source-Based Learning . . . . . Waypoints Primary Source Learning System of Liberty .
Ch 2 – Primary v Secondary Sources
. Introduction to Primary Source-Based Learning . . . . . Waypoints Primary Source Learning System of Liberty .
Ch 1 – Key Ideas
. Introduction to Primary Source-Based Learning . Waypoints Primary Source Learning System of Liberty .