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Collection: Founding Fathers’ Library

Donald Lutz drew up a list of the most frequently cited authors by members of the Founding Generation of the American Republic. A full list can be found here and there is a bibliographical essay on this topic by Forrest McDonald

For additional information about the American Founding see the following:

27 People in this Group:

sort name ↓ name   birth   death  
Voltaire Voltaire 1694 1778
Vattel Emer de Vattel 1714 1767
Trenchard John Trenchard 1662 1723
Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus 56 AD 120 AD
Sidney Algernon Sidney 1622 1683
Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1564 1616
Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 1778
Robinson John John Robinson 1575 1625
Raynal Guillaume-Thomas-François, abbé Raynal 1713 1796
Pufendorf Samuel von Pufendorf 1632 1694
Price Richard Price 1723 1791
Plutarch Plutarch 46 AD 125 AD
Plato Plato 429 BC 347 BC
Paul Saint Saint Paul 10 AD 67 AD
Montesquieu Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu 1689 1755
Milton John Milton 1608 1674
Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 1527
Locke John Locke 1632 1704
Livy Titus Livius (Livy) 59 BC 17 AD
Hume David Hume 1711 1776
Hobbes Thomas Hobbes 1588 1679
Harrington James Harrington 1611 1677
Grotius Hugo Grotius 1583 1645
Gordon Thomas Thomas Gordon 1692 1750
Coke Sir Edward Coke 1552 1634
Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC 43 BC
Bacon Sir Francis Bacon 1561 1626