Nick DeLuca is a New England native and writer by trade. A product of the University of Massachusetts system, Nick earned his BA in English and formerly worked for a startup news publication as a reporter, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library as a social media manger, and is currently a proposal writer in Northampton, MA. In his free time Nick enjoys reading, blogging and watching media about American history. Nick’s love of history stems from when he was cast as Theodore Roosevelt in his 5th grade class play. You can read more of Nick’s writing at his website, www.nickdeluca.org.
At the height of his wealth and power in the 1780s, Elias Hasket Derby may have been seen around Salem, Massachusetts or nearby Boston dressed in nothing less than absolute finery and opulence; sometimes donning a Sir Roger de Coverley coat, sometimes leaning on a gold-headed cane[1]. Indeed, Derby was among the wealthiest men of […]
John Adams had a nose for good character. He could sniff out individuals of talent and integrity like a bloodhound. He famously nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental army in 1775, urged Thomas Jefferson to spearhead the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, appointed John Marshall as secretary of state and chief justice […]
