John Adams and Thomas ... is Jefferson's letter of condolence to Adams upon hearing of Abigail's death. Nothing Jefferson ever wrote is as moving as these heartfelt words to his old suffering ...

Jefferson resigned as George Washington’s secretary of state on the last day of ... the story came from John Quincy Adams. On October 5, he sent his youngest brother, Thomas Boylston, a letter ...

In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson responded ... office — Elizur Goodrich — had supported John Adams in the 1796 presidential election, and Jefferson appointed a member of his own political ...

Have Americans forgotten how to be free? When warfare erupted between American colonists and the British government, the ...

Thomas Jefferson, the third president, was born on April 13, 1743. Several years ago, my wife Louise and I had celebrated by visiting the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. I asked a kind passer-by ...

The argument for the power of the judicial branch to rule acts of the legislature invalid under the Constitution is set out ...

Even if you are a critic of the press, you should be concerned that the president is seeking to suppress your right to ...

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

Whatever difference arose between Washington, John Adams and Jefferson following ... peace would be realised during his lifetime. Thomas Jefferson’s design for his own tombstone, including ...

President Donald Trump and his Cabinet spent the better part of their meeting touting the administration’s record on ...

They no longer command the political or cultural capital of the last thirty years ... Fathers (and good friends) like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson for decades. Those two began corresponding ...