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  1. “A Representative of America”

    By Arnold Whitridge, June 1976, Volume 27, Issue 4

    Vain, snobbish, distinctly upper-class in his libertine social habits, Gouverneur Morris nevertheless saw himself justifiably as "A Representative of America" More >>>

  2. The Great Chief Justice

    By Fred Rodell, December 1955, Volume 7, Issue 1

    Neither the Constitution nor the laws but John Marshall made the Court Supreme More >>>

  3. Who’s Got Button’s Bones?

    By Roger M. Williams, February 1966, Volume 17, Issue 2

    A Grave Question for Georgians… More >>>

  4. The Tragedy Of Bridget Such-a-one

    By Peter Quinn, December 1997, Volume 48, Issue 8

    A hundred and fifty years ago famine in Ireland fostered a desperate, unprecedented mass migration to America. Neither country has been the same since. More >>>

  5. Dearest Friends

    By Margaret L. Coit, October 1968, Volume 19, Issue 6

    The courtship and fifty-four-year marriage of John and Abigail Adams was, despite separation and war and tragedy, a moving and highly literate love feast between two "Dearest Friends" More >>>

  6. General Longstreet And The Lost Cause

    By Stephen W. Sears, February/March 2005, Volume 56, Issue 1

    One of Lee’s greatest lieutenants is slowly winning his reputation back after losing it for daring to criticize his boss More >>>

  7. The House At Eighth And Jackson

    By Geoffrey C. Ward, April 1989, Volume 40, Issue 3

    Clues uncovered during the recent restoration of his house at Springfield help humanize the Lincoln portrait More >>>

  8. A Near Thing at Yorktown

    By Harold A. Larrabee, October 1961, Volume 12, Issue 6

    “Admiral Graves lost no ships… he merely lost America” More >>>

  9. Verdicts Of History IV: “A Scandalous, Malicious, And Seditious Libel”

    By Thomas Fleming, December 1967, Volume 19, Issue 1

    Is it libel to say that the President of the United States tried to seduce his neighbor’s wife—even if he did? Thomas Jefferson tried to gag the venomous editor of upstate New York’s Wasp; Alexander Hamilton argued brilliantly in defense of journalistic candor. More >>>

  10. An Exclusive Interview With Clark Clifford

    By Anonymous (not verified), April 1977, Volume 28, Issue 3

    The article beginning on the preceding pages was read by Mr. Clifford to a joint session of the American Historical Association and the American Jewish Historical Society in Washington, D.C., on D More >>>

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