New York’s Admission to the Union

By |2021-04-22T17:54:59-05:00July 25th, 2019|Categories: Alexander Hamilton, American Founding, American Republic, Constitution, History, John Jay|

New York showed its wealth of wisdom in ratifying the Constitution and becoming the 11th state in a fledgling nation. While the Empire State’s ratification was not required under the new Constitution for there to be a United States, had the vote gone the other way, the United States may have been for naught before [...]

John Jay: Man of Order, Jus­tice, Free­dom

By |2019-05-07T14:40:24-05:00February 15th, 2011|Categories: American Founding, American Republic, Books, John Jay|Tags: |

John Jay: Found­ing Fa­ther by Wal­ter Stahr John Jay ar­guably is the least known of the most sig­nif­i­cant Found­ing Fa­thers. Yet at one time, he was con­sid­ered by many to be the log­i­cal suc­ces­sor to Wash­ing­ton as chief ex­ec­u­tive of the new coun­try. His résumé is the most im­pres­sive of those who did not serve as [...]

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