early American

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But there were countless other people, their names lost to history, who built the institutions that strengthened early American communities and promoted human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

“The Doctors’ Riot of 1788” centers on the New York incident but also tells the broader story of medicine in the early American republic, including quack cures and smallpox panics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Other laws and commissions enacted in early American history similarly divided up power within the executive branch, limiting presidential control.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

Then the old nun would read from her favorite books, usually biographies of early American presidents.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez