What is a collector to do? Should we have seen it coming? No more signing of letters? It is not what it seems. For languages that write with characters and is not based on an alphabet that is conducive to cursive there may be a new answer. A computer program [...]
Evidence continues to surface indicating some women in ancient Rome could read and write. Historically, the belief is that many of the elite men in ancient Rome learned to read and often to write. It was not the domain of women. New research and discoveries challenge that assumption. Educated female [...]
"These are the times that try all men's souls..." Thomas Paine [The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776] The OFFICIAL COLLECTED WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE Project is looking for manuscript Thomas Paine correspondence held in private hands. This Project is led by leading Paine scholars in Europe and America. Do you [...]
“The Defence of Fort M’Henry.” Not all that catchy… Not an advertisement? Sorry, not on page 1. The lines are relegated to page 2 of the newspaper. It began as a poem. The triumph of American bravery against the might of Great Britain. It became a song we sing all [...]
“We in America do not have government by the majority, we have government by the majority who participate. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Thomas Jefferson “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not [...]
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