I know not yr Reasons for coming hither. Mine were onely to see some old Friends before my Death, and some other little Affairs, that related to my former Course of Life here. But I design to return ...

WILL you contract to do us a tale or a novel, at the rate of say 10 pp, per month, with some popular subject, such as philanthropy, or the Broad Church movement, or fashionable weddings, or the John ...

President Washington reviewing troops, mobilized to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania on Oct. 16, 1794. Painting by Fred Kemmelmeyer. (Shutterstock) Since President Obama ...

The President’s power to pardon individuals sentenced in federal cases is well known, but the distinct government of the District of Columbia adds a unique wrinkle. Because the District is not a state ...

Throughout April 1755, 700 British and American soldiers fighting in the Seven Years' War trekked through what is now Loudoun County toward Fort Duquesne, Pa., on a mission to drive the French and ...