US Founding Fathers

A selection of leading books by the US founding fathers and their contemporaries

Maury Shenk Public Other 12 books Created Feb 18, 2026

Books in this Portfolio

Title	Author	Year
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America	Jefferson, Thomas	—
George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway	Washington, George	—
The Federalist Papers	Hamilton, Alexander	—
Common Sense	Paine, Thomas	—
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin	Franklin, Benjamin	—
The Memoirs, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions	Jefferson, Thomas	—
Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams	Adams, John	—
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The American Crisis	Paine, Thomas	—
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights of Man	Paine, Thomas	—
State of the Union Addresses	Jefferson, Thomas	—
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death	Henry, Patrick	—
The works of Alexander Hamilton (vol. 1 of 7) : $b comprising his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military.	Hamilton, Alexander	—