Please join me today (Saturday 3 October), from 1–2pm, for a presentation on waterways in the United States during my lifetime. This theme is in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s “Water - ...
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8.13.1776. Philadelphia. Paid Daniel Smith (the then-proprietor of The @City_Tavern_Philadelphia ) in full, 2 pounds, 7 shillings, 6 pence.“ This portrait with Alexander Hamilton (we can be civ...
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A portion of my answer to a question about freedom of speech, regarding the tension between personal rights and the rights of others . . . My full answer may be accessed by means of the resou...
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7.10.1776: I paid Jacob Graaf £5-5 (shillings) for 3 weeks’ lodging at the SW corner of 7th & High (modern Market) Streets, Philadelphia . . This portrait of Dr. Franklin, John Adams, and m...
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The Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time in Philadelphia on 8 July 1776. Herein I tell of how the crowds reacted to this reading, as well as to the public reading that...
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I learned a lessons in leadership from the Congress’ editing (mutilating) of the Declaration of Independence. I would apply the insights gained from that experience for the rest of my years in ...
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I begin today’s festivities with @USNatArchives and @americanhistoricaltheatre e at 11:00 AM. I will begin with a formal address, which will be followed by the answering of questions from the a...
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1776: Congress spent the afternoon of July 2nd and all day of the 3rd mutilating my draft of the Declaration of Independence. Herein I reflect on the removal of the subject of slavery from the do...
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Meet the Committee of Five: John Adams — This anecdote is selected from my contribution to a @USNatArchives @AmericanHistoricalTheatre collaborative project in which I and my contemporar...
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Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and I took reasonable precautions against the miasmatic vapors while preparing for our committee meeting to discuss the Declaration of Independence at the @city_tav...
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“The committee for drawing the declaration of Independence desired me to do it. It was then accordingly done, and being approved by them, I reported it to the house on Friday the 28th of June �...
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Evening sky westward over my home @tjmonticello last night, as rendered by my friend @william.bergen https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4XfA8jJjs/?igshid=3btbdr6mct4a
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On 24 June 1826, I wrote a letter in which I reflected on what the 4th of July and the Declaration of Independence had come to mean, both to me and to the world. Herein you may view a selection o...
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Meet the Committee for writing the Declaration of Independence: Robert R. Livingston. . . . A moment from my continuation of the story of the Declaration of Independence, begun by Richard He...
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11 June 1776 clip #1: . . @americanhistoricaltheatre and @usnatarchives collaborated to bring some of my compatriots and me together to tell the story of the documents that represent the Decla...
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A moment of levity during last year’s annual @americanhistoricaltheatre public reading of the Declaration of Independence at the @usnatarchives . . . #ThomasJefferson #YourThomasJefferson #...
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#Repost @americanhistoricaltheatre with @get_repost ・・・ During our recent Zoom meeting, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was interrupted by her children’s need for cookies. The first minute o...
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#Repost @americanhistoricaltheatre with @get_repost ・・・ During our recent Zoom meeting, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was interrupted by her children’s need for cookies. The first minute o...
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There is a difference between simplistic liberty and rightful liberty. The United States is based on the goal of achieving and protecting the latter, not the former. . . The letter quoted her...
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I read Aesop’s Fables in chapbooks as a boy. I drew from their lessons during my political career. During my retirement, I kept a sixteenth-century Greek/Latin parallel text edition of Aesop’...
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