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Philip Ludwell: The Most Unlikely Founding Father Philip Ludwell
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Thomas Jefferson's wife Martha and his mistress Sally Hemings shared the same father, John Wales.
As heard by us
A thoughtful hinge episode that uses one colonial convert to frame early American religion.
Steve Guerra treats Philip Ludwell III less like a standalone subject and more like a bridge between colonial America and the wider history of Catholicism in the United States.
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A Philip Ludwell III conversion story that uses one unlikely colonial life to open a bigger history of faith and legacy.
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