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'''Cato's Letters''' (1720-23) were English political essays that shaped [[Republicanism]] and had an enormous influence on the American [[Founding Fathers]]
The example of Roman hero [[Cato the Younger]] inspired English political journalists [[John Trenchard]] and [[Thomas Gordon]] to publish anonymously ''Cato's Letters" (1720-23). These were 138 letters or short essays that expounded on republicanism and which greatly influenced the American Founding Fathers.<ref> See Ronald Hamowy, "Cato's Letters" in Hamowy, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Libertarianism'' (2008) p. 54-55 [http://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC&pg=PA54&dq=republicanism+%22cato+the+younger%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2005&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=republicanism%20%22cato%20the%20younger%22&f=false online]</ref>
The [[Cato Institute]] is a prominent American libertarian think tank was founded in 1977 in honor of ''Cato's Letters" by Trenchard and Gordon.
Mitchell (2004) argues that ''Catos Letters'' fall squarely within a liberal republican tradition, embracing [[John Locke]], [[Bernard Mandeville]], and (later) [[David Hume]], and [[Adam Smith]] and suggests that it was in this vein that they were read by the Founding Fathers.
==Further reading==
* Mitchell, Annie. "A Liberal Republican 'Cato'". ''American Journal of Political Science'', July 2004, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p588-603, in [[EBSCO]]
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[[Category:Republicanism]]
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
The example of Roman hero [[Cato the Younger]] inspired English political journalists [[John Trenchard]] and [[Thomas Gordon]] to publish anonymously ''Cato's Letters" (1720-23). These were 138 letters or short essays that expounded on republicanism and which greatly influenced the American Founding Fathers.<ref> See Ronald Hamowy, "Cato's Letters" in Hamowy, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Libertarianism'' (2008) p. 54-55 [http://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC&pg=PA54&dq=republicanism+%22cato+the+younger%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2005&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=republicanism%20%22cato%20the%20younger%22&f=false online]</ref>
The [[Cato Institute]] is a prominent American libertarian think tank was founded in 1977 in honor of ''Cato's Letters" by Trenchard and Gordon.
Mitchell (2004) argues that ''Catos Letters'' fall squarely within a liberal republican tradition, embracing [[John Locke]], [[Bernard Mandeville]], and (later) [[David Hume]], and [[Adam Smith]] and suggests that it was in this vein that they were read by the Founding Fathers.
==Further reading==
* Mitchell, Annie. "A Liberal Republican 'Cato'". ''American Journal of Political Science'', July 2004, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p588-603, in [[EBSCO]]
====references====
<references/>
[[Category:Republicanism]]
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]