I was a little surprised that Time included John Jay among its marquee founding fathers. We all expect to see Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison among the key founders. But Jay was not a president nor was he the towering figures that the others were.
Born in New York to a wealthy fami…
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