greykit.essays — #letter
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1796-09-19
[american-founding]
Washington's Farewell Address
Washington's valedictory letter to the American people, warning against party faction, sectionalism, and permanent foreign alliances.
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1791-02-23
[american-founding]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Hamilton's defense of implied powers and a loose reading of the Constitution — the founding argument for broad federal authority.
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1791-02-15
[american-founding]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Jefferson's strict-construction reply — the enumerated powers bind Congress, and a bank is nowhere among them.
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1776-04-01
[american-founding]
Thoughts on Government
Adams's blueprint for republican government — a bicameral legislature, an independent judiciary, and annual elections — written as a letter and taken up by several state constitutions.
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1689-01-01
[sources-of-liberty]
A Letter Concerning Toleration
Locke's argument that the magistrate's power reaches only civil interests, not the salvation of souls — the founding text of the liberal case for religious liberty.