Benjamin Lincoln

Constitution by Last Best Hope of EarthMarch 1, 2016February 23, 2016

The Two Scales and the Hand that Holds it

Benjamin Lincoln wrote a series of articles in the Boston Magazine and Independent Chronicle that would touch on many of the same subjects as John Adams in his Defence of the Constitution. See Gordon Wood, The Creation of the American Republic: 1776-1787, 576.

The Revolution by Last Best Hope of EarthJanuary 10, 2016January 10, 2016

The Selection of Senators

As explained in The Birth of the Senate, the states’ creation of an upper house of Congress set the precedent for a fully functioning, bicameral legislature in most states and the federal government. However, the selection process of who should be a senator was another subject for debate.