The Hitching Post

The Hitching Post

Episodes

  1. 48Three Famous LinesPatrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Paul Revere20 October 2026
  2. 47Remember the LadiesAbigail Adams13 October 2026
  3. 46Are We Still a Republic?John Adams and Thomas Jefferson6 October 2026
  4. 45The Locked LetterJames Madison29 September 2026
  5. 44The Electoral CollegeAlexander Hamilton22 September 2026

Episodes 1–43

  1. 43John JayThe Treatylost in the fire
  2. 42John Marshall*Marbury*, and the Burr triallost in the fire
  3. 41Benedict ArnoldSaratoga, Quebec, and the restlost in the fire
  4. 40Benjamin RushThe yellow fever of 1793lost in the fire
  5. 39—Mailbag speciallost in the fire
  6. 38Thomas Paine*The Age of Reason*lost in the fire
  7. 37Samuel AdamsThe Tea Partylost in the fire
  8. 36John HancockThe signaturelost in the fire
  9. 35Jonathan TrumbullBrother Jonathanlost in the fire
  10. 34Deborah Read FranklinRunning the businesslost in the fire
  11. 33Ezra StilesThe censuslost in the fire
  12. 32Israel PutnamThe Wolf Den, and whether a legend is a man's faultlost in the fire
  13. 31Peter Salem and Salem PoorBunker Hill, and the paintinglost in the fire
  14. 30William WilliamsSigning a document that could hang youlost in the fire
  15. 29Joel BarlowAmericans abroadlost in the fire
  16. 28John TrumbullThe painting on the two-dollar billlost in the fire
  17. 27Mercy Otis WarrenHer *History*lost in the fire
  18. 26David HumphreysSheep, and the tarifflost in the fire
  19. 25Roger ShermanThe Senatelost in the fire
  20. 24Josiah BartlettThe smallpoxlost in the fire
  21. 23Elbridge GerryThe verblost in the fire
  22. 22Nathanael GreeneLogisticslost in the fire
  23. 21Button GwinnettThe rarest signaturelost in the fire
  24. 20Timothy DwightReligion in public lifelost in the fire
  25. 19Lemuel Haynes"Liberty Further Extended"lost in the fire
  26. 18John StarkA toast sent by letterlost in the fire
  27. 17Artemas WardBeing supersededlost in the fire
  28. 16Phillis WheatleyBeing examinedlost in the fire
  29. 15Ethan AllenVermont, Ticonderoga, and being called an atheistlost in the fire
  30. 14Oliver Wolcott and Oliver EllsworthThe Connecticut Compromiselost in the fire
  31. 13John DickinsonRefusing to signlost in the fire
  32. 12James OtisThe writs of assistancelost in the fire
  33. 11Prince HallThe petitions to the Massachusetts legislaturelost in the fire
  34. 10Noah WebsterAmerican spellinglost in the fire
  35. 9Joseph WarrenBeing remembered for a deathlost in the fire
  36. 8Benjamin FranklinThe post office, the lightning rod, and a republiclost in the fire
  37. 7Silas DeaneForeign money and the difference between a commission and a bribelost in the fire
  38. 6Deborah SampsonWomen in the armylost in the fire
  39. 5Caesar RodneyThe ride to Philadelphialost in the fire
  40. 4Henry KnoxThe guns of Ticonderoga, and the bookshoplost in the fire
  41. 3Samuel HuntingtonThe Articles of Confederationlost in the fire
  42. 2Israel PutnamThe militia, and the whites of their eyeslost in the fire
  43. 1Jonathan TrumbullWhat a governor is forlost in the fire