Ratification

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Economics, People, Postwar Politics (>1783), Prewar Politics (<1775) October 31, 2019 October 30, 2019

Isaac Roosevelt: Merchant, Federalist, Banker, New Yorker

by Keith Muchowski

On Saturday September 17, 1938 New York governor Herbert H. Lehman and 5,000 others assembled in Poughkeepsie to observe the sesquicentennial of the Empire…

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Postwar Politics (>1783) April 21, 2016 August 28, 2016

10 Things Pauline Maier Taught Us About Ratification and the Bill of Rights

by Ray Raphael

In writing Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, Pauline Maier hoped to create, in her words, a “Constitutional thriller.” She invited readers to…

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1. Jill George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring: Separating Fact from Fiction

I would love to see someone write about the Orange County, NY Woodhulls and Strongs, cousins to Abraham. Colonel Jesse Woodhull and his brother Captain Ebenezer Woodhull, who started the…
2. Phil Weaver Militia and Continentals

As far as New York goes, the levies, in all forms, were full time. There length of service would vary depending on the mission they were formed to accomplish. They…
3. George Slaton Loyalist “Banditti” of Monmouth County, New Jersey: Jacob Fagan and Lewis Fenton

I’ve read a great deal about partisan and/or criminal activity in the Carolinas during the Rev War and have always wondered why it was also severe in New Jersey. Your…