Principles of Law and Polity, Applied to the Government of the British Colonies in America
The most important portions of Bernard’s proposals are reprinted below from the original edition. 1. The Kingdom of Great Britain is imperial; that is, sovereign, and not subordinate to or […]
Petition from Regulators of North Carolina
Humbly Sheweth That the province in general labor under general grievances, and the Western part thereof under particular ones; which we not only see, but very sensibly feel, being crouched […]
Sermon 2
John Chapter VIII. Verse 36. If therefore the son shall make you free ye shall be free indeed. The general nature of liberty is the same in all societies, though […]
Sermon 1
I. Corrinth. Chap. VII Ver. 21 Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. At first glance, it […]
Letter from John Adams to the Earl of Claredon, William Pym (1766)
Sir, — You are pleased to charge the colonists with ignorance of the British constitution; but let me tell you there is not ever a son of liberty among them […]
Letter from Alexander Hamilton to John Jay (1779)
Dear Sir, Col Laurens, who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, is on his way to South Carolina, on a project, which I think, in the present […]
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Lord Howe (1776)
My Lord, I received safe the Letters your Lordship so kindly forwarded to me, and beg you to accept my Thanks. The Official Dispatches to which you refer me, contain […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1788)
“To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 8 December 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/v849. Dear Sir This will be handed to you by Mr. Governeur Morris who will embark in a […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1788): Bill of Rights
Source: From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 October 1788 (Founders Online), https://goo.gl/4o765p. For ease of reading, we have added paragraph divisions. . . . The little pamphlet herewith enclosed […]
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (1788): Improving the Constitution
Source: To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 31 July 1788 (Founders Online), https://goo.gl/m1Jz4E. For ease of reading, we have added paragraph divisions. . . . I sincerely rejoice at the […]