This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...

Memorandum across the centuries to the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: After the U.S. Constitution  was drafted, you were asked what type ...

Washington loves a leaker. An “unidentified source” who’s willing to spill the beans and dish on his boss or colleagues.

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...

Washington loves a leaker. An “unidentified source” who’s willing to spill the beans and dish on his boss or colleagues.

The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...