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Persons of Interest: The "To Learn About" List

 This post will change often. I'm listing here all the people I really want to learn more about or have learned about recently. As I get a chance to post about them, I'll link that post to this so you also can learn more. If you want. Sometimes they are just tidbits about a person's life. Sometimes it's a full book report. Sometimes it's the mini essay I turn in for my Free Class via the Library. *denotes who I have read books about.

*George Washington

*John Adams/Abigail Adams

*Thomas Jefferson

*James Madison/Dolley Madison

James Monroe/Elizabeth Monroe

*Patrick Henry

Paul Revere

John Hancock

King George III

*Lafayette/Adrienne

King Louis XV/Madame du Pompadore

The Livingstons

The Pickneys

*John Jay/Sarah Livingston Jay

Samuel Adams

*Benjamin Rush

*Alexander Hamilton

Patrick Carr

Charles Wilson Peale

John Trumbull

Benedict Arnold

Benjamin Franklin

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