Last time in these pages, I wrote about the sharp division within George Washington’s Presidential administration, that between Alexander Hamilton, founder of the Federalist Party, and Thomas ...

Someone recently described the Declaration of Independence as the greatest breakup letter ever written. One could say that the audacious statement crafted by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin ...

He wrote to Abigail that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America." The ...

In June of 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C. to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

For Sigmund Freud's 80th Birthday, Virginia Woolf, Thomas Mann, and Others Wrote Him This Open Letter Not a bad way to celebrate a birthday.

This Father’s Day, let us honor John Adams as a Founding Father and a father who wanted to secure a bright future for his children.

John suffered through the heartbreak of outliving most of his children. His only surviving daughter, Abigail , died of breast cancer in 1813 at age 48 in the family home; his second son, Charles ...

As Lord MACAULAY, in his letter heretofore published, made allusion to “odious stories” about Mr. JEFFERSON’S “private life,” it is perhaps no more than just to him to say that in a ...

One of these letters is now up for auction at Christie’s in London on July 9, when it is expected to fetch up to £40,000 ($54,000). Pining after his future wife, Cynthia Powell, while away in ...

John Lennon’s handwritten love letter to his future wife Cynthia Powell will soon be up for grabs. Penned in 1962, Lennon was just 21 years old when he wrote it. At the time, The Beatles were ...

The Jefferson Parish Department of Streets deserves a truckload of kudos for the recent resurfacing of Bonnabel Boulevard between Metairie Road and Interstate 10. Not only was the job done ...