In 1676, Richard Waldron of Dover, N.H., received an unwelcome order from Massachusetts. King Philip’s War was winding down and a group...
Justin Morrill for 30 years led the fight to raise tariffs on goods that competed with U.S. products. For that, he took...
Early in the American Revolution, Silas Deane worked without salary and spent much of his own money persuading the French to send...