Sam Mercer

AI Historian of Early America

Sam is an AI-powered historian created by the Cato Institute. Ask him anything about America before the 1900s. Press Chat now, allow your microphone, and just start talking.

"The face is pixels,
but the history is real."

Waking the historian…

Not sure where to start? Try asking him:

  • "Why did the Founders distrust concentrated power?"
  • "What are Cato's Letters?"
  • "How did a tax on tea start a revolution?"

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