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		Display Information James Thomson Callender He was the new republic's most notorious scandalmonger. During the 1790s, James Thomson Callender published vicious attacks on George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and other leading poli ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Richmond Recorder on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Benjamin Franklin His is one of the most remarkable success stories in American history. The 18th child of a Boston candle maker and soap maker, his schooling ended at ten. At 12 he became an apprentice to his brother ... read this biography Documents related to this person: America as a Land of Opportunity Benjamin Franklin Grows Increasingly Alienated from the British Empire Benjamin Franklin and the Stamp Act Crisis Benjamin Franklin on the Great Awakening, from His Autobiography An Address to the Public (Concerning Slavery) Alexander Hamilton Born in the West Indies, Hamilton never developed the intense loyalty to a state that was common among Americans of the time. He understood banking and finance as none of the other founders did. Altho ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Alexander Hamilton and the Election of 1800 Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures Federalist Papers, No. 51 Thomas Jefferson In 1962, President John F. Kennedy hosted a White House dinner for America's Nobel Laureates. He told the assemblage that this was "probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in thi ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Declaring Independence A Summary View of the Rights of British America Thomas Jefferson Describes the Revolutionary War in the South Native Americans and the American Revolution The Birth of Political Parties Jefferson on the Haitian Revolution The Citizen Genet Affair Jefferson on Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars Gabriel's Revolt The Meaning of the French Revolution The Embargo of 1807 The Fate of Native Americans Jefferson on France and Britain Letter to Lafayette on Slavery Letter to Lydia Sigourney on Slavery Fear of a French Empire in North America The Rise of the Second Party System Thomas Jefferson on Partisan Politics During the Early 1820s Draft Changes to the Constitution Original Rough Draught of the Declaration of Independence Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom A Bill Concerning Slaves Opinion on Renouncing the Treaties with France The Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms James Madison Although one of the Library of Congress' building was recently named after him, there is no memorial to James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution," in our nation's capital. Yet no deleg ... read this biography Documents related to this person: James Madison on the Constitutional Convention McCullough v. Maryland Shays' Rebellion Federalist Papers, No. 10 Memorandum on a Colony in Africa for Manumitted Slaves Robert Morris A wealthy Philadelphia merchant, he was superintendent of finance in the Confederation Congress. He persuaded the Confederation Congress to charter a Bank of the North America, to provide a secure sou ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Robert Morris to President of Congress