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Paul Aron

Paul Aron is director of publications for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Previously, he was a reporter at The Virginia Gazette and executive editor at Simon and Schuster. He is the author of, among other books, We Hold These Truths . . . And Other Words That Made America and Why The Turkey Didn’t Fly.

Most recently, Mr. Aron's book, Founding Feuds: The Rivalries, Clashes, and Conflicts That Forged a Nation, was co-published by Colonial Williamsburg and Sourcebooks.

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It has been called one of the most consequential debates in American history. The Revolution's greatest orator later fought to stop ratification of the Constitution because of his worries about powers proposed for the Federal government