Archive - Adams' Pendulum

Drowning on the James

Was One of the Early Republic's Most Hated Newspaper Publishers James Thomson Callender Murdered by a Powerful Group of Lawyers and Newspapermen with…

Nov 8, 2021 •

Madison's Malaise

How President James Madison's Nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court Failed, Failed and Failed Again

Nov 5, 2021 •

October 2021

American Infidel

How the Author of the Article Abolishing Connecticut's State Supported Church Won One of the Early Nation's Most Colorful Libel Cases

Oct 23, 2021 •

'A Liar and....Perverting Rascal"

How the Debate to Treat Yellow Fever in 18th Century Philadelphia Turned Political and Violent

Oct 15, 2021 •

The Remarkable Engagement of Helen Newsom Behr

How a Harrowing Night Aboard a Lifeboat Led to the Titanic's First Wedding Proposal and Marriage

Oct 4, 2021 •

Kennedy's Not-New Frontier

How a Long Forgotten Column By Civil War Historian Bruce Catton Originated Kennedy's Famous Campaign Slogan

Oct 2, 2021 •

September 2021

Vanished in Manhattan

Was Missing American Founder John Lansing, Jr. Murdered or Did He Commit Suicide? An Old Newspaper Account and New Clues Could Indicate the Latter

Sep 26, 2021 •

The Bonfire of the Treasury Building

How a Fire at the U.S. Treasury Sparked the Nation's First Conspiracy Theory

Sep 18, 2021 •

Sex in the City....Hospital

Sexual Encounters Among Nurses and Patients Amid Pandemic Not Without Historical Precedent

Sep 16, 2021 •

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Sep 13, 2021 •

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