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2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Roger Sherman
The Quiet Architect of Independence
Roger Sherman did not have the eloquence of Jefferson, the fire of Adams, or the charm of Franklin. He had something more useful: the ability to find the position that everyone could agree on. In a re...
Modern Voices
The College That Went to War
When visitors see Yale today — the Gothic architecture, the elm-lined courtyards — they do not immediately think of the Revolution. But the college was deeply entangled with the war, and the archives ...