People in Category: 18th-century American writers

American author and politician

Adams, John; class of 1846

Quaker woman of 18th century America

British-born American writer, silk-dyer; uncle of Benjamin Franklin

1939-

Person involved in the 17th century publishing trade

Researcher

American writer

English and American political activist

American politician; President of the United States from 1797 to 1801

Second First Lady of the United States

English minister

Captive of Native Americans and author of a captivity narrative

American theologian

American newspaper editor and publisher

American poet and playwright

Supercargo and author

Developed indigo as a cash crop in in colonial South Carolina.

American Quaker author and preacher

Pseudonymous author of a spurious Indian captivity narrative

Dutch-American navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer

Colonial American doctor and botanist

Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States

American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer

American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Founding Father

American politician