Debating the true date of Independence and the Declaration
Historian William H. Michael explains the Lee resolution on July 2 1776 as the real independence act and that the Declaration’s signing occurred July 4 after revision. He details drafting changes, signers dates, and the document’s long custodianship in the State Department.
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William H. Michael
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John Adams
Georgia
South Carolina
Washington
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Fathers of the Republic
George Wythe
Virginia
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Oliver Walcott
Connecticut
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
Thomas McKean
Delaware
Benjamin Rush
James Wilson
George Ross
George Clymer
George Taylor
John Joachim Zubly
Savannah
James Wright
Zubly
Samuel Chase
Maryland
John Houston
Houston
Joachim
Stucco Covered Square Built House Adopts New Mortar Plan
Building authority William A. Radford explains a flat square two story house with a heavy front porch and rear projection, finished in stucco using expanded metal lath. The plan emphasizes durability, colorable mortar, and lower maintenance versus wooden siding, with costs between 2200 and 2500 dollars.
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Germany
England
The Sage of Monticello and Jefferson’s Monticello Shrine
The article recalls Thomas Jefferson as The Sage of Monticello noting his Monticello home near Shadwell Virginia, its architecture, and his public life beginning with the Virginia house of burgesses in 1769. It places Monticello beside Mount Vernon as a great American shrine.
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Webster
Cape Cod
Virginia
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Little Mount
Martha Skelton
Paris
Maria Conway
Virginia House of Burgesses
Washington
Mount Vernon
Old Sheffield plate now largely replaced by electroplating
The text explains that true Old Sheffield plate is no longer made in England using the original methods. It describes braze or weld of copper and silver sheets, later rolled to thickness. Electroplating dominates, making old style items costly to imitate, with some producers in England and the United States selling electroplated copies as genuine.
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Sheffield
England
United States
Envy and fashion critiques spark playful jibes
The Monroe County Appeal horse editor notes the average man dislikes several ornate styles including mutton chop whiskers a pasted hairline a boutonniere a pianist and a plug hat. The Kansas City Times questions if envy underlies these complaints and wonders about the theory.
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Kansas City Times
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