Category Archives: Philadelphia Convention (1787)

John Wereat and Georgia, 1775-1799, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 33)

Posted on January 1, 2021 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  This is the second, and final, post about John Wereat, who turned up at almost every crucial event in Georgia’s history between the outbreak of the American Revolution and his death in 1799.  Part 1 followed him from his … Continue reading →

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John Wereat and Georgia, 1775-1799, Part 1 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 33)

Posted on December 1, 2020 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  I first met John Wereat in the late 1960s, while researching Georgia politics in the era of the American Revolution.  (By that time, he’d been dead for about 175 years!) I soon found him fascinating, because almost nothing had … Continue reading →

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American Republicanism, Part II: “A Republic, if you can keep it,” 1776-1788 (History Lesson Plans, 9)

Posted on May 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[This is the second in a series concerning the history of American “republicanism.”  For the previous post, go here.] * * * * *  When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May, 1775, fighting had already broken out … Continue reading →

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Georgia and the Federal Constitution, Part II (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 11)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: In part one, we saw that Georgia played a small, but still significant, part in the creation of the Federal Constitution of 1787, especially in the role of the state’s delegation in helping to establish the famous “Connecticut Compromise,” … Continue reading →

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Georgia and the Federal Constitution, Part I (In Pursuit of Dead Georgian, 10)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note: Part I of a talk delivered during the celebration of the Bicentennial of the Federal Constitution, at the quarterly meeting of Historic Jonesboro/Clayton County (Ga.). I did not think that, as a high school teacher, I would ever be … Continue reading →

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Race–and History–Matter

Posted on April 1, 2013 by georgelamplugh

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past” (William Faulkner) [NOTE:  Perhaps it’s because I live in the South; or maybe it’s because February was Black History Month; or I suppose it could be because the Republican Party is … Continue reading →

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