America's founding fathers

George Washington's doubts --

Thomas Mifflin's Congress --

Robert Morris's money --

Benjamin Franklin's leather apron --

Thomas Jefferson's books --

Daniel Shays's misbehavior --

Alexander Hamilton's republic --

James Madison's conference --

Patrick Henry's religion --

James Madison's vices --

Edmund Randolph's plan --

William Paterson's dissent --

Roger Sherman's compromise --

Elbridge Gerry's committee --

James Wilson's executive --

John Rutledge's committee --

Rufus King's slaves --

David Brearley's postponed parts --

John Dunlap and David Claypoole's broadside --

Alexander Hamilton's papers --

Patrick Henry's convention --

George Washington's inaugural --

Alexander Hamilton's reports --

Thomas Jefferson's party --

William Findley's whiskey --

Benjamin Banneker's survey --

John Jay's treaty --

John Adams's liberty --

Hector Saint John de Crèvecoeur's Americans --

Timothy Dwight's religion --

James McHenry's army --

Thomas Jefferson's frustration --

Aaron Burr's treason --

John Marshall's court --

James Madison's war --

Alexis de Tocqueville's America.