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'''Richard Frothingham Jr.''' (January 31, 1812 – January 29, 1880) was a [[historian]] and journalist who served in the [[Massachusetts]] House of Representatives, and later as Mayor of Charlestown from 1851 to 1853.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Document/KeYXMIDVDFgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA355 Documents of the City of Boston], 1890</ref>  He was editor of the Boston Post,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Historic_Boston_Tea_Party_of_Decembe/MwERAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA68 The Historic Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773]</ref> and was a treasurer for the Massachusetts Historical Society.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yzMTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR50 Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volume 1]</ref>

His best-known work is ''The Rise of the Republic of the United States'', which highlights the "Christian idea of man" and the Christian roots of Early America and the Founding.