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Category: Books

Full Faith and Credit – a Post-Colonial Commentary

Posted on 11 May 202318 May 2023 by Historical Notionist

A review of an excerpt from a book titled Commentaries on the Constitution by Joseph Story, Boston, 1833. This text was written as part of a volunteer audio visual presentation featuring Thomas Paine for Patriot Lessons TV, recorded in 2015. My name is Gregory Roth. I am a practicing probate and estates attorney in Novi,…

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A World of Paine

Posted on 12 November 201511 May 2023 by Historical Notionist

A review of a chapter title A World of Paine, in the book, Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation by various authors, published in 2011. This text was written as part of a volunteer audio visual presentation featuring Thomas Paine for Patriot Lessons TV, recorded in 2015. Revolutionary Founders…

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Martha Washington: The First First Lady

Posted on 5 May 201511 May 2023 by Historical Notionist

A review of the book Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days  written by Geraldine Brooks and published in the year 1900. This text was written as part of audio visual presentation featuring Martha Washington for Patriot Lessons TV, recorded in 2015. Dames and Daughters is a book of nine chapters profiling nine different women of colonial…

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