and i'll come back triumphant-lee!

Because, it's a new idea, you clod! We'll be making our own precedent! a 1776 blog.

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This blog is... the best blog.

thank you! i doubt this place is going to be active ever again, but i had fun, and it will remain here if you guys want to reblog stuff.

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Is Anybody There? - William Daniels - 1776 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

If you think the film version of this song is “passionate”, or “powerful” - trust me, you haven’t heard anything until you’ve listened to this one.

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Request: Gif of when New York abstains and Hancock finally asks why they always abstain

already done! see here.

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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 7 May 1764:

I promised you, Sometime agone, a Catalogue of your Faults, Imperfections, Defects, or whatever you please to call them. I feel at present, pretty much at Leisure, and in a very suitable Frame of Mind to perform my Promise. [...] In the first Place, then, give me leave to say, you have been extreamly negligent, in attending so little to Cards. You have very litle Inclination, to that noble and elegant Diversion, and whenever you have taken an Hand you have held it but aukwardly and played it, with a very uncourtly, and indifferent, Air. [..] In the Fourth Place you very often hang your Head like a Bulrush. You do not sit, erected as you ought, by which Means, it happens that you appear too short for a Beauty, and the Company looses the sweet smiles of that Countenance and the bright sparkles of those Eyes.—This Fault is the Effect and Consequence of another, still more inexcusable in a Lady. I mean an Habit of Reading, Writing and Thinking. But both the Cause and the Effect ought to be repented and amended as soon as possible. [...] A sixth Imperfection is that of Walking, with the Toes bending inward. This Imperfection is commonly called Parrot-toed, I think, I know not for what Reason.

You can read the entire letter here, and Abigail’s reply to John’s little ‘catalogue’ here.

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request: When Abigail tells John he called her "pigeon toed"? Or just anything with the two of them? The two of them = my relationship goals.

Yup! I’ll do that next.

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that reminds me. i’m sure everyone knows this already, but many lines in the musical were lifted from or inspired by actual historical sources - letters, for example. The most well-known example is probably John and Abigail’s correspondence, but there’s lots of other stuff as well. So - would anyone be interested to see more comparisons between what is said in the musical, and what the historical figures actually wrote?

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In fact, so much so that John Adams, jealous of the attention heaped on Franklin and Washington throughout the Atlantic World, acidly remarked that history would assume “that Dr. Franklin’s electrical rod smote the earth and out sprung General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod, and thence forward these two conducted all the policy negotiations, legislatures, and war.”

Letters of Benjamin Rush. Vol 2, ed. L. H. Butterfield (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951), 1207., cited in

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Happy 4th of July!

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John Hancock: Very well. Mr. Jefferson will serve.

Thomas Jefferson: I'm going home, too, to my wife.

John Adams: Move to adjourn!

Thomas Jefferson: Wait!

Benjamin Franklin: I second.

Thomas Jefferson: Mr. Hancock, I haven't seen her for six months.

John Hancock: Moved and seconded. Any objections?

Thomas Jefferson: I have objections! I have lots of objections!

John Hancock: So ruled! Congress stands adjourned!

Thomas Jefferson: John, I need to see my wife.

Benjamin Franklin: It's all right. Come along.

Thomas Jefferson: No. I'm going home tonight.

Benjamin Franklin: Of course you are. Of course.

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“It’s done.”

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Visit Original Link

The Egg - Howard Da Silva (Franklin), William Daniels (Adams), Ken Howard (Jefferson)

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fairytalelagoon requested: Piddle, Twiddle, and Resolve

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How dare you delegitimize my 1776 the musical Jefferson/Adams fanfiction.

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hey, one thing: it’s not a big issue, but if you’re requesting some certain scene, remember to check the tags page to make sure there aren’t already gifs of that. thank you~

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rak1954​ requested: cool, cool, considerate men

we're the cool, cool considerate men, whose like may never, ever been seen again. with our land, cash in hand, self-command, future planned. and we'll hold to our gold, tradition that is old, reluctant to be bold

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AHHH YOU'RE ACTIVE AGAIN. Um. Requests... COOL CONSIDERATE MEN GIFS PLEASE. There isn't nearly enough of that number. Witherspoon gifs? Because Witherspoon is adorable. And whenever the North Carolina yields to South Carolina?

Ahhh, so many good ones. Yes, Witherspoon’s character deserves more love ;D

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Patriotic wives.