Founding Documents: The Constitution
Civics 101
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Madison's Letter to Washington
Hannah McCarthy: In a letter to Madison, Washington talks about how melancholy it makes him to think that they might be fulfilling the prediction of their transatlantic foe. John Adams actually wrote to John Jay around this time and told him that people in England were joking about the fact that America would come crawling back. And then Britain would let them dangle for a while and then tell them to buzz off. It's like the ultimate breakup fantasy, right? Except this breakup took seven years and tens of thousands of people died.
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