American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Brown University (1763) was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, under the name Rhode Island College. The seventh oldest college in America, it was renamed after the generous benefactors, Nicholas and Moses Brown, who were successful manufacturers. During the Revolutionary War, they forged cannons in their furnaces and imported ammunition, greatly aiding the Continental. The Charter of Rhode Island College, 1763, stated: <And that the number of the trustees shall, and may be thirty-six; of which twenty-two shall forever be elected of the denomination called Baptists, or Antipedobaptists; five shall forever be elected of the denomination called friends, or Quakers; four...

Jedediah Morse (August 23, 1761-June 9, 1826) was a pioneer American educator and geographer. Called the "Father of American Geography," his son was Samuel F.B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph and the Morse Code. Jedediah Morse taught in the New Haven schools for several years, compiled his notes and published them in a successful work titled, Geography Made Easy, 1784. He set a standard for American Geography, authoring numerous books, including: The American Geography, 1789; Elements of Geography, 1795; The American Gazetteer, 1797; A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent, 1802; A Compendious History of New England, 1804; and...

Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760-October 9, 1824) was the youngest signer of the Constitution of the United States. He was a delegate from New Jersey, a U.S. Senator and the Speaker of the House. The city of Dayton, Ohio, was named after him. On June 28, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Jonathan Dayton wrote down the effects on Congress of Dr. Benjamin Franklin's monumental speech calling for Congress to be opened with prayer every day: <The Doctor sat down; and never did I behold a countenance at once so dignified and delighted as was that of Washington at...

Holy Bible (during the period 1760-1805) was the source for 34 percent of all quotations cited by our Founding Fathers. After reviewing an estimated 15,000 items, including newspaper articles, pamphlets, books, monographs, tracts and sermons, Professor Donald S. Lutz of the University of Houston, with Charles S. Hyneman, in their work "The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought" published in the American Political Science Review (189, 1984: 189-197), revealed that the Bible, especially the book of Deuteronomy, contributed 34 percent of all quotations used by our Founding Fathers. Other sources included: <Baron Charles Montesquieu 8.3...

William Kirby (September 19, 1759-July 4, 1850) was a noted English entomologist. He wrote many significant scientific works, including one by the title of: <On the Power and Wisdom of God and His Goodness as Manifested in the Creation of Animals.> 1759WK001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1759WK001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Kirby, Title of a scientific treatises he had written, On the Power and Wisdom of God and His Goodness as Manifested in the Creation of Animals. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science-men...