A Word From Our Founders

Thomas Jefferson is said to have written the poetry of America’s aspirations, Madison wrote the prose.

The election of 1800 pitted the incumbent John Adams against Thomas Jefferson. The early founders abhorred the idea of political parties...

Alexander Hamilton is the only one of the founders who did not survive to an old age. Many lived into their 60s and beyond.

John Jay has historically been relegated to the second tier of the Founding Fathers. Yet he was instrumental in getting New York to ratify the Constitution. Had either Virginia or New York failed to ratify the Constitution it is unlikely that the young nation would have survived. He successfully negotiated...