along with eldridge gary, forgotten founder. my favorite word for favorite word is, an ornery guy, he was the intellectual mainspring in many ways of the early revolution. he believes in republicanism with a small r. it's service to country over itself. and he takes abstract concepts and really makes them reality. but he also takes one of the largest trading fleets in the colonies which he andnd his famy owned and convert them into supply line. as i mentioned earlier, what was necessary was gunpowder. all of the major operations that the british were conducting at the early part of the war were to take an disarm americans, and take our vital supply gunpowder. without gunpowder, no revolution could be fought. but he comes up with a concept and he's one of the first in writing to talk about foreign alliances, they forged the alliance with spain. it's through his contacts that have gone on for 20 or 30 years that he forges his vital relationship and they bring in the powder to a the colonies. he's also future vice president. he's t