Introductory note on Thomas Jefferson (Wikipedia)

Some Americans preferred to be loyal to England and did not want independent government. Their hesitation is better understood when the finality of the Declaration is realized. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)

Independence Day.

Introductory note on Frank Aretas Haskell (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)

An officer in that momentous battle narrates every major action of both armies. Thus we see the swarming lines of Confederates advance - the hand-to-hand struggle. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)

Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3. 1863.

Introductory note on Plutarch (Volume 12, Harvard Classics)

So that the date for certain festivals would not fall one year in midwinter and in the heat of summer another year, Cæsar reformed the calendar. July was named for him. (Volume 12, Harvard Classics)

Introductory note on Charles Darwin (Volume 11, Harvard Classics)

While Darwin was working on his theory of evolution, another scientist independently arrived at the same conclusions. Darwin, then, was not the first to study evolution. (Volume 11, Harvard Classics)

Darwin publishes outline of "Origin of Species" July 1, 1858.

Introductory note on John Stuart Mill (Volume 25, Harvard Classics)

"Democracy" has not always been the choice of oppressed people. The tyranny of the majority is a recognized evil as harmful as the misrule of a king. And rather than exchange a lesser evil for a greater, a rule by king has often been preferred to a republic. (Volume 25, Harvard Classics)