In 1724, Anthony Lamb had nearly served out his apprenticeship to a maker of mathematical instruments in London when he fell in with some bad company at a local pub. Eager to impress his new comrades, Lamb aided them in the robbery of a boarder in his master’s house one...
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Creating the Fourth Branch of Government: The Role of the Press in Pennsylvania's Constitutional Debates
The views expressed in this article are the author's and not necessarily those of the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, or the United States Government. When the meeting of the Pennsylvania State Assembly received the Federal Constitution in September 1787, the idyllic excitement that had emanated from...
