Early Life Richard Henry Lee, a descendant from an ancient and distinguished family in Virginia, was born in Westmoreland county, of that…

“…Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since…

Early Life John Paul (afterwards known as John Paul Jones) was born at Arbigland, in the Parish of Kirkbean, and in the…

Overview Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3d PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. As the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute…

“Let it be remembered that civil liberty consists, not in a right to every man to do just what he pleases, but…

Hutchinson was born in Boston. He showed remarkable aptitude for business early on, and by the time he was 24 had accumulated…