Sublime

Benjamin Rush and a few other delegates had met the Massachusetts contingent on the outskirts of Philadelphia. Taking tea

Such was Washington’s new preeminence that when the gathering chose seven members to attend the Second Continental Congress, Washington was the second one named, ahead of Patrick Henry and superseded only by Peyton Randolph. The vote was overwhelming, as he received 106 of 108 votes cast. On the same day, as if struck by a sudden premonition of

Tu es un sacré brave type et je t'aime plus que personne au monde. Je ne pourrais pas te dire cela à New York. On me prendrait pour une tante. C'est ce qui a déclenché la guerre civile. Abraham Lincoln était une tante. Il était amoureux du général Grant. Jefferson aussi. Lincoln a aboli l'esclavage à la suite d'un pari. L'affaire Dred Scott fut

AN UNWAVERING ADVOCATE of independence, Washington thought his compatriots would eventually come to share his belief. “My countrymen, I know, from their form of government and steady attachment heretofore to royalty, will come reluctantly into the idea of independency,” he wrote that spring. “But time and persecution brings many wonderful things to

DAN KENARY, a former commercial bank loan officer, is cofounder and CEO of Harpoon Brewery.

Jefferson Curl