But how do we know what people in 18th-century America sounded like? There are no recordings from the time, of course, so we're left to try and glean information from contemporary journals, letters ...
George Washington was the father of our nation, a man seemingly cast from marble whose service, both in wartime and as president, made both its existence and survival possible. John Adams was his ...
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