Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Revolution 250 Podcast
James Wilson the Lost Founder, with Jesse Wegman
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Jesse Wegman
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Season 6
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Episode 35
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James Wilson was a brilliant Philadelphia lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a driving force behind the Constitution. And yet in 1779 a Philadelphia mob attacked his home, and his forceful defense of ratifying the Constitution led to him being burned in effigy. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Wilson died in a North Carolina boarding house on the run from his many creditors. Jesse Wegman recounts Wilson's fascinating and complicated life in his new book, The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution.